Really...?Um... I think the first story is a bit of a fib. Potassium pemanganate (KMn04) is a supremely powerful oxidising agent, and a 'scoopful' would have incinerated that poor kid's testicles just as if you'd put a blowtorch to them. Also - how did he not notice there was a bright purple powder in his trollies?
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