10 point MidNight Contest

[1st and Ten]

How many apple seeds would I have to eat to kill myself? (answers must be in by 12am est)

First right answer (with accompanying link wins)

Good Luck!

[whatsgood5]

69...way too much cyanide in 69 of them for anyone to survive

[Powderguy]

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/610549

No clue

[Boner_18]

It depends on how much you weigh.

[THE PROFIT]

I didn't know you could OD on appleseeds. Depends on whether you have an allergy to appleseeds. There is no correct answer to this question

[Arsenal]

I always heard you would most likely die from overeating before you died from the trace amounts of cyanide in the appleseeds.

[TheLock]

http://www.chacha.com/question/how-many-apple-seeds-does-it-take-to-kill-you%3F-with-the-cyanide-in-them

Information is varied but "between half a cup to a full cup"and they would have to eat them all at once and overload their system.

[1st and Ten]

I weigh 280. It has to be the right dosage (5mg).

[odusmykal]

Are you chewing them, or swallowing them whole?.

[whatsgood5]

http://www.chacha.com/question/how-m...yanide-in-them

Holy shit, never would have guessed it was that low.

[1st and Ten]

contest over (we have two winners)

[TheLock]

Contest over (we have two winners)

Thank you sir.

[tltaylor89]

it's not cyanide found in apple seeds. What is found is a chemical called a cyanogenic glycoside. This chemical is a sugar bound to other molecules - in the case of the apple, it has a cyanide molecule attached. When the body breaks this down, the cyanide is released into the system where it can cause it's toxic symptoms. At 5 milligrams of cyanide per kilogram of mass in your body, it can even kill you.

[Powderguy]

Contest over (we have two winners)

Good man!

[tltaylor89]

I had it as well

[odusmykal]

Nice job guys..

[whatsgood5]

So you're telling me 69 seeds isn't between "half a cup to a full cup"?

Bullshit.

[whatsgood5]

I had it as well

[1st and Ten]

So you're telling me 69 seeds isn't between "half a cup to a full cup"?

Bullshit.

you tell me? I can fit 25 on the bottom of this cup. I have a quarter cup and went through 50 apples already

[1st and Ten]

So I'm thinking at least 200

[whatsgood5]

you tell me? I can fit 25 on the bottom of this cup. I have a quarter cup and went through 50 apples already

Haha you gonna kill yourself dude? I mean it'd be sort of funny, because you would have tricked these guys into assisting you in suicide, but you're also a pretty cool dude so it'd be sad at the same time...

[tltaylor89]

you tell me? I can fit 25 on the bottom of this cup. I have a quarter cup and went through 50 apples already

You would have to concentrate the poison this can be done by putting the seeds into a extractor

[Tree Rollins]

You weigh 280. It has to be the right dosage. I'd say 5mg.

[drewdown88]

I'm in the process of making cranberry-apple wine, and the way it's fermenting right now I bet a cup would have me on the toilet for days

[eidolon]

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