Dihydrogen monoxide parody
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dihydrogen-monoxide-parody-207-16476792
title:
Dihydrogen monoxide parody
text:
The dihydrogen monoxide parody also known as waTER IS LETHAL TO THE NAKED EYE is a parody that involves calling water by its unfamiliar chemical systematic name "dihydrogen monoxide" (DHMO, or the chemical formula H2O) and describing some properties of water in a particularly concerning manner — such as the ability to accelerate corrosion (rust) and cause suffocation (drowning) — for the purpose of encouraging alarmism among the audience to often incite a moral panic calling for water to be bann
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Parody where water is presented by an uncommon name
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_parody
date created:
2004-04-28T14:00:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T04:12:20Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Water_molecule_%281%29.svg","width":350,"height":400}
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13
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