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[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

Fun fact:

Paracetamol, a pain killer legal in England, is banned in the US while Acetaminophen, a pain killer legal in the US, is banned in England.

Edit: I am in fact, quite wrong. These are the same thing! So I've just learned today.

Paracetamol = Tylenol = Acetaminophen

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't purposeful, I'm just misinformed. Apologies.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 3 months ago (1 children)

they say that ignorance is root of all evil, better hit some books before judgement day

(i have much less tolerance for misinfo after 2020, purposeful or not)

[–] citrusface@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't blame you and I appreciate being called out. Thanks for letting me know.

[–] Wilzax@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Behold: the rare mature and responsible reaction to finding out you were incorrect! An elusive find on the Web 2.0!

[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago

Aluminium, a metal legal in England, is banned in the US while Aluminum, a metal legal in the US, is banned in England

[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

Paracetamol is the metric name for acetaminophen