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February 8, 2026

Chocolate contains a poison called Theobromine.
LD50 for Theobromine for cats is 200mg.
LD = Lethal Dose. LD50= Lethal Dose for 50% of the population. Cats in this case. This is how poison toxicity is measured.
According to The Royal Society of Chemistry, cats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.
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October 4, 2025
Slow ZOMBIE vs ZOMBIE Hampster
A RATE is a comparison between two different measurements.
It is a special type of ratio where the units are not the same, such as cost (price per item), speed (distance per time) or rotations per minute (RPM), which is used to measure spin in ice skating and rotation rate pedalling on a bike.




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February 21, 2021

Chocolate contains a poison called Theobromine.
LD50 for Theobromine for cats is 200mg.
LD = Lethal Dose. LD50= Lethal Dose for 50% of the population. Cats in this case. This is how poison toxicity is measured.
According to The Royal Society of Chemistry, cats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.
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June 22, 2015
LD50 of Theobromine in cats is 200mg.
According to The Royal Society of Chemistry cats are hypersensitive to Theobromine but, as cats cannot taste sweetness, they are rarely poisoned.

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