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Call the Darwin Award Committee: People are now eating Borax for attention

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The latest idiotic fad to hit the internet is ingesting Borax. Borax is a cleaning agent introduced 132 years ago. It is primarily used as a laundry.
WTF?! Remember back in 2018 when people were posting TikTok (and YouTube) videos of themselves eating Tide Pods? What about the Kiki challenge of the same year when people would exit their moving car and dance alongside the still-rolling vehicle to Drake’s “In My Feelings?” Well, here we go again.
The latest idiotic fad to hit the internet is ingesting Borax. Borax is a cleaning agent introduced 132 years ago. It is primarily used as a laundry detergent booster but was also an active ingredient in cheap powdered hand soap before being discontinued. Now it seems that Borax is not only suitable for cleaning your clothes and hands. It’s great for cleaning out your body as well. And here I thought the Tide Pod challenge taught everybody that eating laundry detergent wasn’t good for you.

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