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		Retro on April 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Dihydrogen monoxide” joke gets DJs suspended This was either planned or well handled by the radio station, announce a suspension to generate news and traffic to their website, get people talking about it on facebook, and the DJs were back on the air on Wednesday. It's almost more of a prank on news outlets which will repeat any non-story.

niggler on April 7, 2013 [–]

DJ got publicity, Ars got page views, and we get an opportunity to demonstrate basic chemistry competency. Everyone wins.

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