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Why antifreeze tastes bitter

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Left to its own devices, ethylene glycol is a dangerously sweet liquid that biological creatures will eagerly drink until their kidneys completely fail. Because trusting humans to not drink bright green chemicals is a terrible strategy, manufacturers are forced to add extremely bitter chemical agents. This ensures that the first sip is so ungodly foul that nobody comes back for seconds.

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