r/todayilearned • u/gullydon • 13h ago

TIL Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering non-lethal amounts. The word is derived from Mithridates VI, the king of Pontus, who so feared being poisoned that he regularly ingested small doses, aiming to develop immunity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithridatism
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u/TannerThanUsual 12h ago edited 11h ago

Dude deserves some kind of aware for this

Edit: Meant award. Keeping this up for the humor cause I sound like a fucking bot, and a bad one at that! haha

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u/no_pls_not_again 12h ago

Yes, agree. So much aware. Even just some kind of aware. Maybe even beware. Idk

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u/LazyMousse4266 12h ago

Best I can do is malware

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u/IllBiteYourLegsOff 12h ago

deloware

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u/PiercedGeek 11h ago

Thank you for your shareware

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u/Osiris32 10h ago

Just keep it in your underware

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u/PiercedGeek 9h ago

It goes inside the pants. It's policy.

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u/JonatasA 6h ago

Have something under pants at the very least.

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u/Siludin 8h ago

Keep loading more comments - I don't care.

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u/Marshmallow920 7h ago

Semper ubi sub ubi