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cozworthington t1_iu6izwy wrote

Reply to comment by gwaydms in Revisiting the great exploding trousers epidemic of the 1930s by marketrent

dangit, we love to have reading comprehension don't we

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Brickie78 t1_iu862yh wrote

It's OK, I read the chemical in question as "Sodium ChlorIDE" not "Sodium ChlorATE".

Was wondering how table salt killed weeds then made trousers explode...

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gwaydms t1_iu6jqhl wrote

It's the herbicide, not the herb.

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cozworthington t1_iu6kclp wrote

yeah as soon as I saw your comment I reaslied what I'd done, the joy of a long day looking at a screen, haha

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