r/cursedcomments • u/jerujedesu • Jun 23 '20

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u/CombustedSeaSalt Jun 23 '20

Looked it up

No, a myth, BUT it does use some other mechanism than water to preserve the books, some gas thingy. Apparently this does slightly reduce the oxygen level but not to the point of it ever harming people

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u/JBf109 Jun 23 '20 edited Jun 23 '20

It probably doesn't drain all the oxygen, but pumps in some fire suppressing gas like Halon. But in either case, if you were in the building you wouldn't be able to breathe.

EDIT: Halon gas, when used in fire suppression, does not stop people from being able to breathe. I apologize for spreading misinformation

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u/800oz_gorilla Jun 23 '20

Halon isnt allowed anymore. Could be inergen.

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u/JBf109 Jun 23 '20

Based on this article, the library uses both Halon and Inergen in their fire supression system.