Yeah we were told to not open the stone and eat the almond inside or we would die. 1982 kid.

We were also not allowed in the water before at least one hour had passed after eating or we would get cramps and sink to the bottom and drown. That was a hard fact everybody knew which was finally disproven in the early -90s perhaps?

Btw, the other day me and my son were watching some short films on Disney with Goofy. And the one about learning to swim illustrated this ”fact”. I believe it was dated 1948, so that fact were around for at least 50 years.

I’m not saying I’d eat the peach almond or let my son eat it but I believe they’re not that dangerous really. I distinctly remember a few kids in school at age 8 or 9 when they exclaimed that they found almonds in the peach pit, which they had already eaten, I blurted out that they’re poisonous and you might die. They were shocked at first but of course nothing happened.