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99% of Emperors quit drinking mercury right before unlocking immortality (thelemmy.club)
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[-] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

It wasn't all bad. One of those wacky alchemists might have gifted us tofu...

The Chinese Daoists that he recruited used "alchemical" methods to make both soy milk and bean curd, perhaps as a medicine for eternal life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_An#Legend_of_immortality

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2026
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