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View Post: Wordorigins.org
7 Nov 2009 by Dave Wilton  
Thallium, element 81, was independently discovered in 1861 by British chemist William Crookes and French chemist Claude-Auguste Lamy. Crookes explains the name he bestowed on the element in the 16 March 1861 issue of The Chemical News: ...
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View Post: Chemistry in its Element - Thallium - The Naked Scientists August 2009
20 Aug 2009
In The Pale Horse, a thriller published in 1961, the star of the show was thallium, also known as “the poisoner's poison” because many salts of this soft, silvery metal is soluble in water, producing a colourless, odourless and ...
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View Post: Kicking my butt. » Pens, Paper, & Ammo
9 Nov 2009 by Mrs. Thallium  
Why is NaBloPoMo kicking my butt so badly this year? I just can't seem to get anything accomplished this time around. I did start a hat for the Nooblet yesterday and I've made a great deal of progress on my Longcat Scarf. ...
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View Post: Old song about emasculating Castro by giving him a crew cut
2 Nov 2009 by Mark Frauenfelder  
I remember reading a book years ago that mentioned a CIA plan in the early 1960s to sprinkle thallium salts into Castro's boots, which "would cause his beard, eyebrows, and pubic hair to fall out... like a follicle deprived Samson." ...
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View Post: Chemistry World blog » Thallium - rat poison, electronics ...
5 Aug 2009 by Nina  
One Response to “Thallium - rat poison, electronics, infrared detectors and possible superconductors”. Marcelo Ribeiro Says: August 8th, 2009 at 4:04 pm. Greetings, would like to receive authorization for to adapt some postagens ...
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View Post: The Periodic Table of Science Fiction: 81. Thallium
28 Sep 2009 by Michael Swanwick  
It was thallium poisoning. Thallium mimicked potassium, an essential element, which made it particularly difficult to get rid of. The body would excrete it into the intestines where, insidiously enough, it would be mistaken for ...
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View Post: Evil / SAR / Thallium - Chaos to Unleash a New Age - Tape - 3.99EUR
4 Nov 2009 by blazingprods  
BRA / BRA / BRA - Three ways split of True Illegal Black Metal. These hordes need no presentation. Includes"When Odin Calls" (Brutal Attack cover by SAR) and "Witches Holocaust" (Graveland cover by Thallium) :: Gates to Valhalla ...
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