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Can I lick it? Yes you can. (feddit.de)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Chemistry has discovered more than they probably care to admit by accidentally licking things.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Literally how we got aspartame. It started as an ulcer drug.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Purposefully licking things.

Chemists of old were a bit less safety conscious than we are today. Tasting the chemicals you just made was just part of the job back then.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Chemists of old were plenty safety conscious. Licking the science is what apprentices were for.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We still like to sniff stuff. You’ve got some very sensitive chemoreceptors right on your face, might as well use them!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

very sensitive chemoreceptors

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Why does my cigarette I left on the lab table taste sweet?" is absolutely the question an inattentive scientists asked himself before he discovered an artificial sweetener.

EDIT: Michael Sveda's discovery of cyclamate at the university of Illinois in 1937

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

Mouth pipetting is a large part of this.