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Look lively this week, because we\'re talking about preserving dead things! We\'re talkin\' formaldehyde.

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• Fun fact: Formaldehyde comes from form- and -aldehyde
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  • An aldehyde is what we call any carbon molecule with a double-bonded oxygen on its end
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  • Form- is the prefix we often give to organic molecules with one carbon, because:
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    • Formic acid has one carbon
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      • We named formic acid that because ants make formic acid and
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      • Formica is latin for "ant"
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  • All of which serves as a neat reminder that chemistry naming is real dumb
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