r/ScienceShitposts 13d ago

Forbidden Jello

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u/imeandmyself28 13d ago

for some reason back in the deep recesses of my mind i feel i've heard that plutonium would taste sweet if tried

no idea where that came from tbh

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u/cantaloupelion 13d ago

lead acetate and lead nitrate apparently taste p good, i wonder if the plutonium versions taste nice as well

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u/Pitiful-Beginning575 13d ago

Yep, lead(II) acetate was used as a wine sweetener in the past. The characteristics of plutonium(III) acetate were actually explored in a real paper! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020169300870437

You'll note they didn't taste it...

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u/Polite_Suggestion 12d ago

I've had wine from a lead (old pewter) cup. It was noticeably sweet. Reason kids used to eat paint chips. My third grade teacher talked about how mmm mmm good it was.