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    9 People Who Died From Doing Science Too Hard

    Ignoring the golden rule: "Never lick the thing you've just discovered."

    barryjenkins
    by barryjenkins

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    1. Francis Bacon

    2. Franz Reichelt

    3. Jesse William Lazear

    4. Clement Vallandigham

    5. Mary Ward

    6. Alexander Bogdanov

    7. Horace Lawson Hunley

    8. Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier

    9. Carl Wilhelm Scheele

    Scientists, please remember: get it peer reviewed before you put it in your mouth.

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