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[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 102 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Nine out of ten hatters recommend that you don't do this. The tenth hatter purple monkey dishwasher.

(Victorian-era hat makers were notorious for going mad because they used mercury to treat felt cloth.)

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder what secondary compounds this was creating. Elemental mercury is pretty much fine, but if it was reacting with other things to create wacky fun times...

[–] insufferableninja 6 points 1 year ago

they chewed the leather to hides to soften them, IIRC. so it wasn't just getting on their hands, they were ingesting it.

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