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Killed by an orange

Filed under things you didn’t know could kill you:

In 1900, Alexander Crighton, aged 11, from Montrose, died after a single orange pip got stuck in his intestine. It created a small lesion which became gangrenous. He died within a week.

Always chew your pips!

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References

Dundee Courier, 18th December 1900. pg. 4