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'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times

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  1. nic
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    This is such a wonderfully weird story. So before he was contacted by Centivax, he wanted to build up immunity. Because he wanted to handle venomous snakes, but he didn’t want to die from venomous...

    This is such a wonderfully weird story.

    So before he was contacted by Centivax, he wanted to build up immunity. Because he wanted to handle venomous snakes, but he didn’t want to die from venomous snakes. So his solution was to… subject himself to hundreds of snake bites.

    14 votes
  2. Aerrol
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    Wow, absolutely incredible. And insane lmao. Glad to see the legacy of King Mithridates of Pontus is going strong (somehow)

    Wow, absolutely incredible. And insane lmao. Glad to see the legacy of King Mithridates of Pontus is going strong (somehow)

    11 votes
  3. TBDBITLtrpt13
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    Every now and then I stumble across articles like this and think to myself, "I should start doing this" I also fear that my wimpy body would give up after the first dose. And also my wife thinks...

    Every now and then I stumble across articles like this and think to myself, "I should start doing this"

    I also fear that my wimpy body would give up after the first dose. And also my wife thinks it's a bad idea, or whatever...

    9 votes