This is one of those stories that is just too amazing to be real–but apparently it is. It’s also a prime candidate for a Darwin Award, that’s for damn sure.
I really don’t know how else to put this, so I’m just going to come right out and say it–a Ukrainian chemistry student was killed when his chewing gum exploded in his mouth.
Who knew a stick of gum could be so lethal?
His parents found the 25-year-old student with the lower portion of his face blown off, after they heard a loud pop come from the man’s room.
Now for the weird, but fairly plausible, explanation.
Seems our unfortunate student enjoyed dipping his gum into citric acid before a good chew. Why, you ask? I have no idea whatsoever. But he did. Apparently he also had a similar-looking explosive substance on the table beside said citric acid. You can probably figure out what happened on your own.
So, that makes the score Darwin 1, Ukrainian chem student 0.
The reason he would dip it in citric acid would be to make it sour, which is what makes pretty much every sour candy sour.
Here’s an idea, buy sour gum and don’t run the risk of dipping it in an explosive substance and blowing your face off…