A chewed bean placed in the sun smells of human semen or of murderously spilt human blood.
Pythagorean theorem, mathematics
One of the bizarre reasons attributed to Pythagoras for his prohibition against eating beans, reported by ancient commentators.
c. 570-495 BCE (attributed later)
Found in 1 providers: gemini
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