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Castor beans contain ricin, which is a lethal poison. It just takes a single grain of sand to destroy someone. The toxin acts by inactivating ribosomes and stopping protein formation, which is a deadly issue. The poison has no solution, but it is possible to survive if the dosage is minimal enough. In 1978, Georgi Markov was assassinated with ricin. 1)