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To: Renfield; Millee; carlr; Maximus of Texas; EX52D; ontap; StephenTX; wallcrawlr; Auntbee; ...
Re: Mercury compounds have been used even in modern medicine, and mercury was also allegedly used as an extremely cunning weapon in World War II. Allied spies spread a paste of mercury on the wings and fuselages of German planes.

Mercury dissolves aluminium, and the planes mysteriously fell apart in mid-air.

Whoa! Never heard that before...

And that's probably why... I have this lingering fear of Rectal Thermometers!

11 posted on 06/25/2007 6:45:23 AM PDT by Bender2 (A 'Good Yankee' comes down to Texas, then goes back north. A 'Damn Yankee' stays... Damn it!)
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To: Bender2

Nothing to fear my friend.

Bender’s composition is revealed to be 30% iron, 40% dolomite, 40% titanium and 40% zinc, with a 0.04% nickel impurity


32 posted on 06/25/2007 8:19:48 AM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution ? 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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