TIL the plant Oenanthe crocata was purportedly used in the ritual killing of criminals and the elderly in ancient Sardinia. Subjects were intoxicated with the herb and then dropped from a height or beaten to death. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by saulbloodyenderby t3_z7cpgm on November 28, 2022 at 11:39 PM in todayilearned 19 comments 170
echidna92 t1_iy68emg wrote on November 29, 2022 at 1:25 AM Seems like they could've just skipped the poisoning part, no? Permalink 7
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