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Tag: Poison

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9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

9th December 2020
Tagged as: Automobile, Chemistry, Invention, Lead, Oil, Poison, Science, Technology, United States, USA

Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.

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13th October 54: Emperor Claudius dies in mysterious circumstances

13th October 2020
Tagged as: Assassination, Empire, Poison, Politics, Roman Empire, Rome, Succession

On the 13th October AD 54, the Roman Emperor Claudius died, supposedly after being poisoned.

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