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2026-05-25 21:13 UTC
@johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz And don't forget that almost every artificial sweetener's origin story is "guy mixing super-hazardous chemicals to make a super-duper-hazardous chemical saw some white powder on his fingers, licked it off, and didn't die..."
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@tpfto@mathstodon.xyz 2026-05-25 22:56
@jcolag@mastodon.social I think I said this in another old thread: almost all of our artificial sweeteners were discovered because of poor lab technique. (cc. @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)