Monday, June 1, 2009

Dihydrogen Oxide

Here is a funny chemistry story.

Somebody wrote a paper about how this chemical, dihydrogenoxide, has killed over 100,000 people world wide, usually through inhalation.

The story also went on that even if you wash your food you can never get this chemical off. No matter what you do you will be exposed to this very dangerous chemical every day of your life until you die.

The story finished by claiming that there needs to be a government research group founded to find a solution. yada yada yada...

Anyhow, a local press guy got a hold of this joke, if you haven't figured it out di-hydrogen-oxide is the correct name for H2O or water.

The deaths that he was quoting were from drownings. Anyhow, this local guy ran the article in a paper and started a big outcry for a government study before they realized what the story was about.....

Kinda funny chemistry humor.

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