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by alexjplant 979 days ago
Tangentially related: it's public knowledge that in the late 60s the US Army basically dropped a bunch of chemical weapons off of a pier on the Jersey Shore [1]. OK, so maybe that's an attempt at humor by hyperbole on my part, but it isn't far from the truth - they apparently determined that scuttling a ship filled with VX in the Atlantic is the optimal way to dispose of it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(nerve_agent)#Worldwide_sto...

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Our history is rich with stories. In December 1773, a bunch of colonists tried to drug the fish in the Boston Harbor with a bunch of tea.