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sheenalgernonstjames:

History is fuckin wild man the Pythagoreans were a fuckin legit bean-hating math cult and you know what if someone were to make that shit up you’d be like “stop being stupid man that’s a crazy-ass idea and nobody would believe it” but IT’S FUCKING TRUE

I LOVE HISTORY

“Some stories of Pythagoras’ murder revolve around his aversion to beans. According to legend, enemies of the Pythagoreans set fire to Pythagoras’ house, sending the elderly man running toward a bean field, where he halted, declaring that he would rather die than enter the field – whereupon his pursuers slit his throat.”

“Callimachus is quoted: Keep your hands from beans, a painful food: As Pythagoras enjoined, I too urge. And Empedocles, is quoted: Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans.”