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Trillo

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14. Yet another misnomer: miso

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2015, 07:12 AM

Jan 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso

Miso (not misoprostol) was something that was given to radiation poisoned Japanese after WWII, it was found to help with radiation poisoning.

I take notice when newspeak is created. While this story seems like a good one, is the choice of the short label "miso" telling us something else? And if so, what?

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