Common Household Items with Mercury


	Common Household Items with Mercury

melissah

5-28-2008 10:01 PM

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5-28-2008 11:29 PM

Smoke TNT

I wonder how many disasters are going to occur once the government mandate for the CFL's kicks in. There is no problem that the government can't create.

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