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Guaranteed Human.

Guess what, Will?

What's that, Mango?

So I was thinking about this old story I read in Esquire where this NBA player was

talking about how he talked trash.

And to make the experience even worse for his opponents, he would eat raw onions before

a game.

So not only was his mouth smelly, but his entire... even worse for his opponents, he would eat raw onions before a game.

So not only was his mouth smelly, but his entire body would just reek of onions.

And obviously, people wouldn't want to get as close to him.

I mean, as if the trash talking wasn't bad enough to have to deal with that smell.

And actually, I feel like it would almost be even worse if instead of talking, he just kind of went near them and just was like breathing like that's so weird.

It is gross and ridiculous.

But, you know, I was reading up on ninjas and ninja diets on Atlas Obscura.

And this is the total opposite of that.

So ninjas would actually avoid eating any

smelly foods because they were supposed to be completely undetectable even by smell. So think about

things like garlic, leaks, onions, those were all off the table. Also, since they had to be super

agile, you know, ninjas had this ironclad rule that they couldn't weigh more than 130 pounds.

And because they'd be lurking in shadows, you know, just waiting for the right opportunity,

they'd take these homemade hunger pills with them.

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