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You used to be able to buy leaded 110 gas as Sunoco in the early 2000's. It would make your exhaust tips turn white and had a sort of candy like smell when comb
by t1234s 9mo ago
You used to be able to buy leaded 110 gas as Sunoco in the early 2000's. It would make your exhaust tips turn white and had a sort of candy like smell when combusted.
- grubbs 9mo agoI remember people with various "tunes" at the racetrack would run this stuff. It definitely smelled like candy!
- Faaak 9mo agoAFAIK that's why leaded paint is bad for children: it tastes sweet so they continue licking it/eating the chips of paint that fall off the wall
- latexr 9mo agoYou’re conjuring an image of children licking walls, but just the dust from the flaking paint chips is harmful. https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/paint.html https://www.cdc.gov/lead-prevention/prevention/paint.html
- t1234s 9mo agoWater from lead pipes must have tasted amazing
- titzer 9mo agoAncient Romans used lead as a sweetener. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sugar-of-lead-a-deadly-sweetener-89984487/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/sugar-of-lead-a-...
- ljlolel 9mo agoIt’s why they added it to wine
- myself248 9mo agoWait 'til you learn about avgas!
- bluedino 9mo agoYou can buy it online from Sunoco https://petroleumservicecompany.com/sunoco-supreme-112-octane-race-fuel/ https://petroleumservicecompany.com/sunoco-supreme-112-octan... I think they only sell the unleaded race gas at the pumps now but I may be wrong.
- justin66 9mo agoYou can still buy the same stuff at an airport or race track.