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 Okay, so you're here in the QJ Science blog. Maybe you're looking for some heavy reading, something that'll really make you think about quantum physics, string theory, and fish. Don't worry, you're on the right blog. However, this post's going to focus on "the lighter side of things", science-wise.
See, this one is all about stuff that ordinary mortals (i.e., me) don't know about laboratory accidents. It's funny, it's informative, it's even got some superhero trivia in it. Alright, some people have labeled the article we're talking about as "fluff" and crying, It's just 4 or 5 points stretched out to 20." Granted, maybe it's that, but heck, a fun read is a fun read!
 Okay, okay, just to get you into the mood of things, here are a couple of examples:
- After a 1992 drug trial in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil, male subjects reported that sildenafil citrate hadn't done much for their angina, but it did have an unusual side effect on another part of their anatomy. Today the drug is sold as Viagra.
- Why he's not the father of the electric chair:
While trying to electrocute a turkey, Benjamin Franklin sent a whopping
jolt from two Leyden jars into his own body. "The flash was very great
and the crack as loud as a Pistol," he wrote, describing the incident
as an "Experiment in Electricity that I desire never to repeat."
For more pieces of laboratory trivia, click on the 'read' link below. Oh, and watch out for facts 19 and 20. They're a pair of doozies.
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