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* Three [[Donald Duck]] stories by [[Don Rosa]] involved a liquid called "The Universal Solvent". It was capable of dissolving pretty much anything—except diamonds. In real life, unless you're an alchemist, the term 'Universal Solvent' usually refers to ''water''...
** Technically the Universal Solvent in the stories doesn't dissolve anything. It compresses the atoms of anything it comes in contact with, turning all matter into a superdense powder. Granted, this is only mentioned in the first story.
* [[Batman]] loves this stuff; it's used to kill the villain in his very first story, ''The Case of the Chemical Syndicate'', and is the comic-book source of Harvey Dent's scars as Two-Face. Deconstructed in Dr. Scott's [https://web.archive.org/web/20131115171351/http://www.politedissent.com/archives/893#comments article] on an issue where Batman counteracts The Joker's acid by spraying the target with a strong base. Hello exothermic reaction!
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