poison

The ol' dihydrogen monoxide gag has been a mainstay of internet culture and beyond for years. The only thing better than that first aha moment of getting it the first time is duping other people with it. This person takes it a step further with their 7th grade class. For some serious teacher cleverness, here's a teacher who used gummy bears to fight the power.

If you needed some more stress in your life, here are some seemingly mundane things that can be more dangerous than you'd expect. It turns out a lot of stuff that you see and do every day is heavy, poisonous, and otherwise surprisingly deadly. For some more bummers, here are not-so-fun facts to feel bad about.

The lesson here seems to be clear. If you live with someone who likes to drink your leftover soda, don't hide you aquarium testing chemicals in a leftover soda. Thankfully this person is fine, but wow, what a way to accidentally harm yourself. For another mistaken person who messed up, here's a dude who thought a date was a job interview.

We've seen petty onion-based arguments with mother-in-laws, but this is a whole 'nother level. In this advice column, a woman was suspicious that her mother in law was trying to poison her. Prudence said she should get her husband to switch plates at a family function and see if the mother in law had any objections. The following-up details how he didn't believe her, so she switched the food anyway, and while it was confirmed that the mother-in-law had it out for her, the plan didn't make her husband believe her. If your mother-in-law is crazy enough to be a serial poisoner, maybe you should be wary of your husband as well.

Some of this stuff looks absolutely delicious, but watch out, it's probably an inedible gemstone. The people at r/forbiddensnacks are very serious about finding all the delicious looking non-food objects in our world, and can you blame them? These molds, landscapes and cleaning products look great.

How did people discover that you could dig up months old ammonia-shark and eat it without dying? The answer to this, and most likely a lot of these, is as simple as "someone must've been pretty damn hungry."

They look like they'll be tasty, but in fact they're forbidden. What looks like hamburgers and caramel are actually rocks and car fluid. Check out r/forbiddensnacks  for more.

For all the times you've said "sure, it might look delicious now, but it's actually a piece of a shoe." Check out r/ForbiddenSnacks for more of these "treats."

Yeah, that's not burger meat. That's a mop. You done got fooled. Check out r/forbiddensnacks for more forbidden delicacies.

"Enjoy our ski resort, just make sure to contact ski patrol if you happen to find any of the many explosives we have just hidden around here."

The world contains more hazards than you could ever think possible. Stay safe out there.

When a sign warns you with comically graphic mutilation, you pay attention to the warning.

r/forbiddensnacks finds all the hard and poisonous things that you would love to sink your teeth into.