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by yongjik 2059 days ago
Amount of caffeine in regular coffee: ~100mg per cup.

Caffeine LD50: 150-200 mg/kg (according to Wikipedia).

Maximum allowed amount of methylene chloride in beverages, the dreadful paint thinner, according to the link above: 10 ppm, or about 2 mg per cup.

Methylene chloride LD50: 1.25 g/kg (again, according to Wikipedia).

I.e., you will literally die of caffeine poisoning long before the paint thinner gets you.