Life and all that
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Crushed up apple seeds create hydrogen cyanide by orphan_account
Fandoms: Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon)
04 Jan 2026
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It is often said that one can die if they consume an apple seed, because the seed contains cyanide.
This is the truth in very few cases. However, two facts often overlooked are that the apple seeds need to be ground up, and that they contain very little cyanide (a single apple seed contains about 0.6mg of the poison). A lethal dosage of cyanide is 50mg, so an adult person, on average, would need to consume 200 crushed up apple seeds in one sitting.
But the most important fact of all is that nobody is eating that many crushed apple seeds. There are many more interesting ways to spend one's time, like listening to the radio or killing one's father.
I daresay it's more likely the Devil himself is real and communicated with a twelve years old through the radio to explain to him that he was going to Hell.
…that's oddly specific, actually.OR:
Alastor is twelve years old and communicates with the Devil through his radio and gets told he's going to Hell. And then he dies when burying his father for that extra flavor. Pepper in a sea of saltOR:
Child Alastor AU, go!
This entire summary was just an excuse to talk about apple seeds. It workedSeries
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