The lactic acid in it supposedly helps dissolve dead skin cells and aids cellular regeneration.

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El Pozolero, for example, tells the story of Santiago Meza Lopez (nicknamed "El Pozolero", or "The Stew Maker"), who confessed in 2009 to dissolving 300 dead bodies in tubs of acid.

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Meat is a dead matter, low in minerals, and produces uric acid in excess which is a waste product.

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But our favorite (simply because it involves acid) data security solution is Ensconce Data Technology's "Dead on Demand" hard drive.

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In five years the stomach acid would eat through her tooth enamel, if she didn't drop dead first.

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