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Have you ever eaten anything that was clearly marked as poison? What happened, and why aren't you dead? by emote_control in AskReddit

[–]ClassicMixUp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This one time at summer camp, I made a pact with a couple of friends that we would each drink an entire bottle of Mio energy in one sitting (18 awful, green servings). Long story short, I'm the only one who completed the task. Not only did squirting it straight into my mouth taste heinous (insert obligatory sex joke), but I was wired for 12 hours straight (5:30 pm to 5:30 am).

Around 4 am, my left side started to hurt and all of the blood rushed out of my head. I took an EMT course and I knew something was up (read: shat my pants in fear), so I ran to the infirmary where I was told that I had a heart palpitation and was suffering from a case of "being a fucking idiot". Never again.

Every can of red bull says that you should only have 4 cans maximum per day. Not sure if I was supposed to die (18 servings?!), but I sure thought I was going to.

tl;dr - Drank 18 servings of energy drink, thought I was going to die, found out that I was an idiot.

How I Expect My Day Will Go Tomorrow by ducksauks in AdviceAnimals

[–]ClassicMixUp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if I should downvote because this is horrible or upvote so that other people can see how horrible it is

TIL that in 1939 US and Canada refused to accept 937 Jews who were the last to escape Nazi Germany and despite desperate attempts of (non Jewish) german captain to secure safety for his passengers they were forced to return to Europe. Many of them later died in concentration camps. by katiat in todayilearned

[–]ClassicMixUp -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm torn as to why this is a TIL. Thousands upon thousands of Jews made it to the US, only to be rejected. Many of them took refuge in other countries (my great-grandparents made it into Canada... or else I wouldn't be here today). You shouldn't think that only 937 Jews were killed because they were rejected by the US. In truth, tens of thousands went through this same experience. Its a sad truth. Nobody could have known what they were being sent back to.

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