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by NetworkPerson 59 days ago
You can drink snake venom without being harmed (provided you have no ulcers or cuts in your mouth). Stomach acid will break down the proteins in the venom so they no longer have impact.

Don't know if that's the kind of fact you're going for, but now you know.

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Read something similar about HIV. Theoretically you could swallow HIV and not be infected provided no cuts in your GIT.