My great grandfather gave me lead to play with.

A lead sinker from his tackle box. I guess he didn't know it was poisonous, and it got me to thinking that in an earlier century guns fired poisonous bullets. How awful is that!

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justanothername · 51-55, M

Ancient Romans used lead pipes to run water to their houses which means that they gradually all died of lead poisoning.

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@justanothername They also had public toilets with shared cleaning sticks in shared water. In a way the Romans weren't all that bright.

Really · 80-89, M

@SW-User Bright enough to know that lead is basically safe if it stays outside of you.