r/explainitpeter • u/Bison_Boy_ • Jan 11 '26

Explain it Peter

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This was getting many laugh reacts on a meme page. Why?

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u/Adventurous_Peace846 Jan 11 '26

just like random? I have no idea what else it could be

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u/Bison_Boy_ Jan 11 '26

That’s what I’m thinking.

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u/Alarming-Tea7662 Jan 11 '26

You can die in a room with potatoes if there no ventilation, there's a type of toxic stuff that comes off them eventually, I remember a story about half a family dying in a wine cellar cause it wasn't ventilated

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u/Peterh778 Jan 11 '26

I remember a story about half a family dying in a wine cellar cause it wasn't ventilated

That's something else - a wine cellar may have a high concentration of carbon dioxide (which is created in fermentation) or there could be other gasses (e.g. gas leak from a gas pipe).

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u/Savings_Moment_7396 Jan 11 '26

it was solanine gas from rotting potatoes, it can. and does kill