Which, by the way, has nothing to do with bisexuality.
In the "I Never Noticed That Before" department, I was picking up some Pepto-Bismol up at the store for a stomach complaint I'd recently had. I was reading the front of the box (because there's not much else to read in the OTC meds aisle) and noticed that the official, chemical name for the rancid anti-barf bubblegum is "Bismuth subsalicylate."
Subsalicylate? Oh, there's aspirin in this stuff. Does that mean that you shouldn't give it to kids? I used it all the time when I was a kid and...
Wait. Bismuth. Bismol. Duh.
Medicine brand names are weird stuff. But it's interesting to see where they come from.
And yes, my stomach feels much better now.
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