Rocket Fuel
What a week. North Korea decide to test 7 missiles, making the rest of the world feel a little uneasy, and America fires the Space Shuttle into orbit.
Recently scientists found a cloud of alcohol in Space, obviously stupidly large and far, far away. Unfortunately it is methanol which is not advisable to drink (if the Shuttle astronauts ever have a bad day and magically procure a warp drive). This point was made very clear in 1986 when the Italians had problems with large quantities of methanol in some of their wine causing illness and death. Ethanol is the normal type of alcohol in wine. Add an innocent 'm' and all hell breaks loose. Rocket fuel and antifreeze.
Luckily the Italians seem to have enjoyed a wine renaissance since those poisoned days.
Recently scientists found a cloud of alcohol in Space, obviously stupidly large and far, far away. Unfortunately it is methanol which is not advisable to drink (if the Shuttle astronauts ever have a bad day and magically procure a warp drive). This point was made very clear in 1986 when the Italians had problems with large quantities of methanol in some of their wine causing illness and death. Ethanol is the normal type of alcohol in wine. Add an innocent 'm' and all hell breaks loose. Rocket fuel and antifreeze.
Luckily the Italians seem to have enjoyed a wine renaissance since those poisoned days.
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