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Lord-Velveeta t1_iuaqsf5 wrote

Guessing the gold pigment was copper based.

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DiamondFlame OP t1_iuauk10 wrote

Oddly enough, the copper crayons did not oxidize.

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COYFC t1_iubgtga wrote

That's because those ones are made of gold, it's a fugazi

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this_is_greenman t1_iubkxce wrote

Fugayzi Fugazi

It’s all the same

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MashedHair t1_iucfvld wrote

What do you do if you need something that looks like a horse?

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Slumbergoat16 t1_iudq938 wrote

You could make an uncut gems movie about the crayons

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waiting_for_rain t1_iuasxf2 wrote

Not all that glitters is gold, it seems.

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Interesting-Bus-5370 t1_iubo0r5 wrote

Hey now..

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Neither-Cup564 t1_iubpnuq wrote

You’re an all star…

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MrJohnnyDangerously t1_iud44zk wrote

So you went All-Star instead of Stairway to Heaven? Mildly interesting, that.

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Mirabolis t1_iubc70i wrote

For half the kids, that fact gets them a little bit into chemistry. The other half just feel betrayed.

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Inevergnu t1_iud5yx5 wrote

Some kids probably realize that just the outside of the crayon is green, but it's still yellow inside. You know like when you bite into moldy cheese and find it's mostly orange under the surface! Usually.

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Fortisimo07 t1_iudjvga wrote

You chompin' right into moldy cheese over there my man?

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Inevergnu t1_iue3tqh wrote

Not much lately, after I developed a kind of eye twitch from it. q:P

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