Weaponized+Poison


 * __P[[image:http://www.speedysigns.com/images/osha/large/DANGER30.gif height="284" align="left"]]oison Gas:__** In world war one, poison gas was a major weapon used, along with tanks, machine-guns and all that violent stuff. Anyways, poison gas was developed to end trench warfare, which was very long and boring. It was first used by the French in 1914 in the form of tear-gas (made of xylyl bromide), but mass produced by the Germans later. The first attack used with poison gas (chlorine) was during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, read the World War One wikipage... Anyways, the chlorine gas was very effective. French troops sadly started choking within seconds. Phosgene (serious choking) and Mustard gas (blistering on internal and external organs) were later introduced with deadly effects. Over a million people were hurt and 100 thousand died.


 * __Assassination:__** Well poison has been used for assassination many times in history. It was used as early as 331 B.C. in Rome when it poison was "accidentally" slipped into a drink. This was reported many times. The [[image:http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/02/bud-light-logo-bottle.jpg align="right"]]emperor even hired a personal poisoner who specialized in cyanide. Throughout history many important people have been killed by poison.

__**Hunting:**__ Poison was very helpful hunting. Before guns were invented, poison helped kill animals faster than just normal steel and wood. For example, tribes in the amazon rain forest coat their spears with poison dart frog poison to successfully hunt.

__**Alcohol:**__ Don't drink! Your poisoning yourself.

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