I had never heard of the substance Atropine before I read this post, so I looked it up and found this chilling bit from the Wikipedia entry: "Both atropine and

I had never heard of the substance Atropine before I read this post, so I looked it up and found this chilling bit from the Wikipedia entry: "Both atropine and the genus name for deadly nightshade derive from Atropos, one of the three Fates who, according to Greek mythology, chose how a person was to die."