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		rbanffy on Sept 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tramadol Is Not a Natural Product After All Yes, but you'll need a lot of it. Even a full universe sample takes almost 20 billion years to synthesize a relatively small amount.

dalke on Sept 16, 2014 [–]

And that was with a helium booster, along with a smidge of lithium. My guess is that with only hydrogen it would have taken even longer.

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