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Chopping onions makes you cry because when you cut into an onion you break its cells. this releases sulfenic acids, which lead to the production of a powerful gas called propanethiol sulfur oxide. when this gas reaches your eyes, it reacts with the water in your tears to produce sulfuric acid.

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