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[–] pftbest 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This is per kilogram of your mass. So if your weight is 80kg then the lethal dose would be 96000mg not 1200. At least that's how I understand this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

That's correct

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So that means 7.2 litres of water to kill an 80 kg human. That's a lot of water to down in one short sitting.

Not easy to do. Fortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Back in college, there was this thing called the "4, 4, 40 challenge" where one would have to drink 4 liters of water, in 4 minutes and hold it down for 40 secs. Lots of vomiting would ensue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

So that means 7.2 litres of water to kill an 80 kg human

well, not exactly. since this is the LD50, drinking 7.2 liters of water would kill about half of the population that try. the other half would survive