Pythagoras, of Pythagorean Theorem fame, ran a commune that was forbidden to wear wool, forced to put their right sandal on before their left, and believed that beans could contain the souls of the dead – so even crushing a bean was considered murder. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Pythagoras’ Belief That Beans Are Human May Have Killed Him | IFLScience
Wasn’t he murdered because he refused to cross a bean field while fleeing his killers?