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TIL of chemist Carl Scheele, known for discovering oxygen, molybdenum, tungsten, barium, hydrogen, and chlorine, as well as organic acids, died at just 43 as a result of the cumulative effect of exposure to arsenic, mercury and lead. Despite his discoveries, for years others were given credit.

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