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

lol You don’t need a table to tell you whether or not you should like an element. Like ‘em all! Also, whoever made the pic misspelled “like” as “lick”. jsyk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (12 children)
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[–] pigup 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What's wrong with licking osmium? I know if heated in oxygen it will form osmium tetraoxide which is toxic, but a solid chunk of elemental osmium I thought was inert and I could keep it in my mouth all day if I wanted ( I do).

[–] Eheran 1 points 1 month ago

Metallic Mercury is absolutely no problem. They used it to treat congestion back in the day.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago

that yellow and that green are problematically close

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