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		eloisius on Feb 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is this poison ivy? As a kid I got really severe all-over-body poison ivy. Two decades later, I can’t eat mango despite how much I’d like to. Even if someone else peals it and cuts it up for me, I end up with an itchy rash around my mouth and tongue. Be careful.

andrewflnr on Feb 4, 2023 [–]

Whoa, TIL. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15701120/

maxerickson on Feb 4, 2023 | [–]

Cashews too, though the thing at the store is yet further away from the urushiol than mango.

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