The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.

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    Interesting they’d use powder, a way more suspicious substance than paint.

    How the fuck did it cost $50,000 to clean up though? Get a goddamn vacuum, some paper towel, a mop. Fifty goddamn thousand?

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      Likely because they had to consider the possibility of dangerous chemicals and pathogens.

      ETA: Given the nature of the location, they may have even hired an archivist and document restoration specialist as well. And being since it was a government job, that may have been added onto the single bill.

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        Hazard pay for all involved too. Emotional distress and all. You never know what these tree hugging terrorists will do. I keep Tom Clancy Rainbow Six on my nightstand.

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        I manufacture the highest grade of hazmat suit material there is. $1600 will get you an XXL suit. I couldn’t come up with a way to make this cost more than say $4k-5k.

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        slap on a respirator and gloves for an extra $200, still not 50k

        very intersting

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          Private crime scene clean up crew. Need to scrub the brain matter off the ceiling before it soaks in and makes the next tenants uncomfortable. That’ll be $2700. Oh we need to vacuum up a bunch of dust, but in a super special location? The government funded federal cleaning crew will have that vacuumed up with 2 wipe downs for only $50k.