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Derek Lyons Derek Lyons is offline
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Default What's in your coffee?

"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

>Even if you put nothing else in it:
>
>http://www.wired.com/science/discove...7-10/st_coffee
>
>Quote of note: "Putrescine: Ever wonder what makes spoiled meat so
>poisonous? Here you go. Ptomaines like putrescine are produced when E.
>coli bacteria in the meat break down amino acids. Naturally present in
>coffee beans, it smells, as you might guess from the name, like
>Satan's outhouse."


Slow news day I guess.

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