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Re:How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? by Zenst on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:41AM (#20877085)
Not a myth but true - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_suit
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Re:How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? by dagw on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:51AM (#20877184)
The site you link to even claims that it is a myth:

"This change (to the red suit) is often mistakenly attributed to... the Coca-Cola Company...the red suit was shown on the covers of Harper's Weekly at least forty years before".

Coca Cola can however probably be given a fair amount of credited for making this the ubiquitous look.

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Re:How do people learn to cook a poisonous plant safely? by Zenst on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:11AM (#20877884)
Aha, my bad - though fair to say, it was born out of marketing and darn good marketing at that (worked on me).
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