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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The stuff also known as hydric acid. People just don't talk enough about how corrosive it is. Plus, it gets in the air and gets in your lungs!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There was an incident involving it on April 14th 1912 that took over 1500 lives.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I heard that anyone who's ever come into contact with it has later died

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Its a common component of all cancer cells, and trace amounts have been found in the blood of dead lab rats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

terrorists will drink vast amounts of it every day before an attack

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It’s so pervasive that they have found it in the bodies of every single child worldwide.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It’s 10 million times more acidic than drain cleaner!!! And the government is trying to force you to drink it by forcing it to be used in municipal drinking fountains