Believe It Or Not, You Don't Need Venom To Kill 5,000 Elephants In A Single Drop

Believe It Or Not, You Don't Need Venom To Kill 5,000 Elephants In A Single Drop
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That moment in toxicology lab when your synthetic compound outperforms nature's deadliest venoms. The snake brought fangs to a chemical warfare fight. Rookie mistake.

Fun fact: The LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of test subjects) of some lab-made compounds like botulinum toxin is so low that a few nanograms could kill an adult human. Nature had a 3.5 billion year head start, yet here we are, synthesizing death in beakers between coffee breaks.

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