stackyFACTSIn a famous fictional chocolate factory, one greedy child discovers that immense glass suction tubes are primarily meant for transporting goods, not humans. By drinking from a prohibited river, he gets sucked entirely up the pipe. It vividly highlights the dangers of using industrial plumbing as a personal escape route.
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