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>Later, when he licked his fingers to turn a page, he discovered a very sweet taste. Since he realized that the compound he made was unlikely to be toxic, he ta
by thrown_22 5y ago
>Later, when he licked his fingers to turn a page, he discovered a very sweet taste. Since he realized that the compound he made was unlikely to be toxic, he tasted it and found it extremely sweet indeed. In fact, aspartame is about 200 times as sweet by weight as sugar.
This is horrifying.
- acuozzo 5y agoIf you think this is horrifying, then I'd suggest reading the origin story of Sucralose.
- medstrom 5y agoExplain?
- thrown_22 5y agoWhat if it had been toxic?
- purpleidea 5y agoThen we might not have discovered it yet.
- medstrom 5y ago>he realized that the compound he made was unlikely to be toxic
- avnigo 5y agoI guess lab safety wasn't what it is now. Serendipitous discovery, but it could've gone much worse.