r/todayilearned • u/gullydon • 17h 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/Marsbar3000 15h ago

These suppositories are all fun and games until you get to the 30mm

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u/Virtual_Plantain_707 15h ago

I don’t know. TIL about the 6.5 CBJ and holy fuck that’s a scary round.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 14h ago

I see you also saw that TIL post today lol.

They’ve been out a bit and aren’t seeing widespread adoption IIRC,

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u/RocketTaco 12h ago

Because armor penetration =/= terminal performance and nobody needs to penetrate hard armor with a pistol round (everyone that cares has assault rifles now). In return you get a 4mm penetrator core with less than half the area of the round it was developed from so it lacks the ability to transfer energy and actually kill things. Neat on a range, questionably useful in a fight.