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blowing the ultimate bubble

2009 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Wendy/Darwin says, "Accepted into the Archive."

ORIGINAL SUBMISSION:

A student of the Kiev Politechnical institute experimented on himself. In a scientific quest with unknown objectives, he combined a normal piece of chewing gum with a chemical substance which has yet to be precisely determined by the police. He then proceeded to chew the piece of gum in the normal fashion, resulting in a small explosion which the police claim most probably became the reason of his early demise at the age of 25. it is unclear weather the gum was supposed to be used as a terrorist weapon, or what motives brought the student to use himself as a guinea pig.

Submitted on 12/08/2009

Submitted by: Maarten Horeman
Reference: Lenta.ru 2009/12/2008 (http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/08/gum/)

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Bruce said:
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The article is rather lacking in details, but it verifies what this idiot was attempting, so I'm inclined to accept this. Thanks, Maarten!

Candi said:
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What was he THINKING!?!

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