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Of Historical Interest

Queen Victoria eased menstrual cramps by smoking marijuana. The American Civil War resulted in over 400,000 morphine addicts. Sometimes a glass of water cost $100 during the 1849 Gold Rush. Peter the Great and Alexander the Great suffered from epilepsy. … Continue reading

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How to Hypnotize a Chicken

Hypnotizing people is strange and dubious, and often involves the person willingly allowing oneself to be hypnotized.  But animals, especially small ones like chickens, are often easily hypnotized — or at least immobilized — by simple and strange techniques which … Continue reading

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