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 God: The fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is fatal within 24 hours.  Do not eat it."

Satan: "The fruit will not kill within twenty-four hours, and moreover, it's brain food."

Eve: "Somebody is lying.  I'm going to run human trials, with Adam as a control group to rule out any sex-based differences."

Satan (more than twenty-four hours later): "What did you find out?"

Eve: "It's harmless brain food, just like you said."

Satan: "Is Adam okay?"

Eve: "He's fine.  He'll probably live to be more than nine hundred."

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