INSANE BITS OF TRIVIA ABOUT VENOM AND POISON
Added on: 8th Jul 2016
A JAPANESE CHEF WHO WANTS LEGAL
PERMISSION TO SERVE PUFFER FISH FIRST
NEEDS TO EAT THE PUFFER FISH THEY
HAVE PREPARED (PUFFER FISH ARE KNOWN
FOR BEING MORE POISONOUS THAN CYANIDE)
YOU CAN'T BUY CASHEW NUTS IN THEIR SHELLS
BECAUSE THE SHELLS ARE POISONOUS AND
WOULD GIVE YOU A RASH SIMILAR TO POISON IVY
AUSTRALIAN STONEFISH ARE SOME OF THE
MOST VENOMOUS FISH ON EARTH. THEY
CAMOUFLAGE THEMSELVES AS ROCKS SO YOU
HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO STEP ON THEM
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF JAPAN THERE EXISTS A
SPECIES OF GIANT HORNET THAT HAVE VENOM
STRONG ENOUGH TO MELT HUMAN FLESH
COPPERHEAD VENOM (ONE OF THE MOST
VENOMOUS SNAKES IN THE US) CONTAINS
A PROTEIN THAT STOPS CANCER CELLS FROM
REPLICATING
NANOPARTICLES CONTAINING BEE VENOM CAN
BE USED TO DESTROY HIV WHILE LEAVING THE
SURROUNDING CELLS INTACT
THE SOVIET UNION CREATED A POISON CALLED C-2
THAT PHYSICALLY SHRANK PEOPLE, WEAKENED THEM
AND THEN KILLED THEM WITHIN 15 MINUTES
IF POISON IVY IS SMOKED, IT CAN CAUSE A RASH
ON THE INSIDE OF THE LUNGS AND EVEN
RESPIRATORY FAILURE
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