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the liquid that promised your engine a warm winter and a slow poison to any thirsty dog.
means a coolant additive, usually ethylene glycol, that keeps engine fluid from freezing or boiling by lowering its freezing point and raising its boiling point.
from developed in the 1920s when GM chemists needed a coolant that wouldn't freeze solid in winter engines; ethylene glycol won out over methanol because it didn't boil away in summer traffic.
deadly sweetnesstastes sweet, which is why animals drink it
color trickdyed bright green or orange purely for identification
dual dutyalso prevents overheating, not just freezing
antidote existstreated with ethanol, which blocks its toxic breakdown