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“massaging tartrazine solution into hairless mouse skin over the course of a few minutes or using microneedling achieves “complete optical transparency in the red region of the visible spectrum”

I know it didn’t happen this way but I like to believe it was someone having their unwashed dorito fingers after lunch, decided to massage a mouse for several minutes, and figuring this out

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No that’s probably exactly what happened. Most discoveries happen serendipitously.

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5 points

Smoke some, eat snacks and try using real mouse with your laptop.

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11 points

Their name, Lennie.

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7 points

Come to think of it, I didn’t see any claims about no animals being harmed…

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2 points

It says pretty clearly it’s potentially non-toxic!

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9 points

Sounds like a masturbation injury if I’ve ever heard of one, the mouse is clearly a cover

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A scientist frantically looking for something to rub dorito dust on, before everyone else get into the lab the next morning.

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