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Fact check: Is Mamdani introducing Arabic numerals to New York schools? (www.newsweek.com)

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Another post from betting market company Polymarket read: "BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals." The post has almost 14 million views.

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[-] BigBenis@lemmy.world 76 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Next he'll be forcing us all to drink dihydrogen monoxide, a chemical that's known to be fatal to humans under certain conditions!

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

They literally use that shit to power steam engines! Now imagine what it does to your insides. Nasty, nasty stuff.

[-] Burninator05@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Dont forget it is a key component in both hydrochloric acid and making nuclear power plants operate.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago

And its much more dangerous to try to breathe than carbon monoxide.

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Water? Don't touch the stuff.. fish fuck in it

[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A friend of mine ingested a ton of it and died. They found him at the bottom of a lake

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Thry say even small amounts are fatal in certain circumstances.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 19 points 6 days ago

Water? like from the toilet?!

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Yuck! It has no electrolytes!

[-] Plurrbear@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

It’s what we and plants crave!

[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 16 points 6 days ago

Sources claim an up to 100% mortality rate!

[-] argarath@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

In 1862 dihydrogen monoxide leaked into a well, and every single person who consumed it has perished!!! 100% fatality rate in just this incident!!!!

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Every single person in my family tree, born prior to 1920, have two things in common... They are ALL dead and they ALL drank dihydrogen monoxide regularly!

This has got to stop!

[-] ImADifferentBird 3 points 5 days ago

You think that's bad, here's something to consider... The vast majority of them died within 24 hours of ingesting dihydrogen monoxide!

[-] prole 4 points 5 days ago

Every single person who has ever ingested it has died or will die

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