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There were multiple explanations for his cause of death, but the rumors about overeating may have been propaganda. It's also very possible that he was poisoned. Strange story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden.

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[–] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago

Bad seafood or bitter almonds in the semla?

Bitter almonds contain 42 times higher amounts of cyanide than the trace levels found in sweet almonds. Extract of bitter almond was once used medicinally but even in small doses, effects are severe or lethal, especially in children; the cyanide must be removed before consumption. The acute oral lethal dose of cyanide for adult humans is reported to be 0.5–3.5 mg/kg (0.2–1.6 mg/lb) of body weight (approximately 50 bitter almonds), so that for children consuming 5–10 bitter almonds may be fatal. Symptoms of eating such almonds include vertigo and other typical cyanide poisoning effects.