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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

deoxyribose & acid

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In German it's "Desoxyribonukleinsäure". I never realized English doesn't have the "s"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It gets worse. Desoxyephedrine and deoxyephedrine are two completely different substances. Ones methamphetamine and the other is natural and as drugs they act very differently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Which one

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The first one. I knew Säure is acid