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A contemporary issue in the US was the anaerobic lagoon in Washington DC which almost certainly led to the death of one President, William Henry Harrison, and likely two (the other being Zachary Taylor).


On Harrison's death: <https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/59/7/990/2895539>


Well, that's reassuring to hear about the Taylor theory. I grew up with the belief that eating too much cherry ice cream could kill you.


It can, obesity increases mortality.


Also, eating 8ish red cherry pits (chewed/crushed, not just swallowed) leads to cyanide toxicity in an average weight human adult.

Or just 4 if they happen to be Morello cherries.


Kagi search results say it might have even been three:

https://rickdunhamblog.com/2014/04/02/toxic-white-house-wate...




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