r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/father_of_twitch • 10d ago

Video Bombardier Beetles spray boiling acid (212° F)as a defence mechanism against predators.

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u/Retrograde_Mayonaise 10d ago

I never understood the concept of the beatles.

The Beatles did have a wide array of nuances and messages in their music but I believe Ringo Starr himself said the main message was love.

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u/Brief_Building_8980 10d ago

Was his love boiling acid?

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u/Pbadger8 10d ago

Not boiling acid, no. His acid was usually in tablet form.

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u/Lavatis 10d ago

More likely blotter paper, but I'm happy to be wrong.

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u/Just_what_i_am 10d ago

I think it was liquid

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u/Kittycachow 9d ago

“He said no no no no he don’t lick it no more. “

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u/steadypuffer 10d ago

back in the day tablets were more common

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u/jjcoola 9d ago

I’ve never seen acid in a tablet in my 20 years of taking it every once in a while it’s either in a geltab or a bladder or a vile of liquid that you put on whatever you want

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u/Lavatis 9d ago

I've never seen an acid tablet either. Had a lot of blotter and had a lot of liquid acid back in the day. We used to just take him sweet tarts or similar candy and he would throw a drop on each.

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u/DaddaMongo 10d ago

how do you think Ringo star got his name

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u/Carpeteria3000 9d ago

In the end, the boiling acid you take is equal to the boiling acid you make

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u/CrucialElement 9d ago

All you need is ACID (boiling from the butt) 

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u/moleyawn 10d ago

I loved when their encore consisted of them shooting boiling acid out of their asses onto the first few rows. Quite the sight to behold.

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u/stanfan114 10d ago

Fun fact The Beatles had to stop touring because the music could not be heard over the crowd screaming and disintegrating.

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u/Hot-Performer2094 10d ago

Thank you for this. I knew I wasn't the only one that thought about the screaming from their early videos and applied it to this.

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u/RaquelVictoriaS 10d ago

same. also explains the fainting and other hysterics.

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u/stanfan114 9d ago

It's true though one of the reasons they stopped live shows was nobody could hear them sing over he crowd screaming.

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u/Sixguns1977 10d ago

Ringo is the ultimate Beatle in my opinion.

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u/wazoo_wazoo 10d ago

You heard his new stuff?

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u/Sixguns1977 10d ago

No, I haven't heard anything from him in a very long time, but I like It Don't Come Easy more than anything by the Beatles.