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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

TIL animals may be allowed in chemistry labs. But then again, still remember my professor's being very clear that mouth pipetting is bad idea, to then show us how to do it just in case.

[–] Toes@ani.social 4 points 2 days ago

I had a classmate that managed to dump nitric acid all over themselves doing that. Luckily it wasn’t strong enough to not be funny.

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