Accident with red blood to bring blue to the world.

It took an accident with red blood to bring blue to the world.

A pigment maker named Diesbach was trying to create a popular red out of cochineal, an insect still used for red dye in everything from lipstick to ketchup.

He added iron sulfate mixed with potash which we later discovered has a useful element now called potassium.

Anyway, the potash he used was contaminated with animal blood, which contains iron, and rather than creating red, he accidentally invented an affordable, long-lasting true blue.

When it came to making red pigment... he really BLUE it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/starzwillsucceed
πŸ“…︎ Jul 05 2018
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What's red and smells like blue paint?

Red paint

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πŸ“…︎ Oct 29 2019
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What did one deoxygenated blood cell say to the other?

We're all in vain

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πŸ“…︎ Oct 03 2019
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Made a pun at the doctor's today (OC)

The nurse was trying to take my blood pressure, and couldn't get it at first. I told her I have deep veins and usually the cuff has to be inflated until my hand turns blue. She looked concerned, and I said, not literally blue, I was just being colorful. She did NOT laugh. Akward.

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πŸ“…︎ Mar 09 2016
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Dadjokes at breakfast

Around the breakfast table we were discussing what kinds of things in nature are naturally blue.

Me: I think the blood of the horseshoe crab is blue.

Brother: What's a horseshoe crab?

Dad: You might know it as a king crab.

Me: No, that's another... ooooh.

And groans ensued.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 17 2015
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TV Marathons

So the wife is looking at the TV guide, and she says "All that's on this week is marathons. There's a Law & Order marathon, a Blue Bloods marathon, a Bones marathon...".

So I say "They should have an Amazing Race marathon".

Granddaughter laughed for half a minute. Wife just groaned.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 22 2014
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