Ukrainian chemistry student blows off his own face with explosive chewing gum
 

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KYIV, Ukraine — A Ukrainian chemistry student has been killed by exploding bubble gum that tore off half of his face, police said Thursday.

Vladimir Likhonos, a student at a regional branch of the Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, is thought to have accidentally dipped his chewing gum into explosives he was using for his studies, police spokeswoman Elvira Biganova told The Associated Press. She said the 25-year-old mistook the powder for citric acid, which he often added to prolong the gum's taste.

Likhonos, from the town of Konotop, in northeast Ukrainian, blew off his entire jaw and most of the lower part of his face in Saturday's accident. Medical workers who arrived on the scene attempted to treat his injuries but were unable to save him.

"Even some of our seasoned officers, who have seen a thing or two, even they were pretty badly shaken up by what they found," Biganova said.

On the table where Likhonos had been working police found about 3.5 ounces (100 grams) of the suspected explosive - a powder that resembles citric acid but has yet to be identified, she said.

"Anybody could have mixed them up," Biganova said.

A bomb squad was dispatched to determine the nature of the substance, which was deemed too volatile to transport, Biganova said.

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what a fucking moron.

She said the 25-year-old mistook the powder for citric acid, which he often added to prolong the gum's taste


this guys obviously never had any of this shit before

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I was hoping for a picture of the aftermath.

Absolutely not! I'd never leave my citric acid and my explosive powder on the same table.

they need more training on the WHMIS and reading the MSDS sheets

its pretty ridiculous how completely unsafe some of the things are back in old country...

is it not COMMON SENSE to avoid eating while working with explosives? especially when both are in powder form.

I wanted to see that too

i want to see the pics too :)

I thought chewing gum in lab was a no no? Eating is definitely prohibited.

Edit: Turns out he wasn't in a lab.

shoulda did the waft test

how stupid must you be to put anything from a chemistry lab in your mouth?

Darwin wins again.

RIP : /

big thx for the first person who finds aftermath pics

lol, i chew gum everyday when i worked in my lab but i never thot of trying it with citric acid. Myabe i should give it a try.

Watch out for the ninja switching the powders on youuu!!

Eastern Europe is like that. Survival of the fittest / smartest / strongest. If you do stupid shit, you will pay for it.

i never blew anything up in chem but i remember having lots of fun with calcium and water

I stole a bottle of that in grade 8 and made bombs out of pop bottles lol

no wonder why teachers didnt let anyone chew gum in class

^^^ ur not gonna blow ur face off from chewing gum in the lab -_-



i wonder if someone just switched his bottle of citric acid with the explosive

^^ LOL chew gum = blow off your jaw!!!

Very true, a simple test like that is testing his common sense. A person may be book smart, but do they have common sense? At least this is one way to segment them, lol

Someone set him up.