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Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 22, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 23, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 24, 2023
"Garden hermits or ornamental hermits were hermits (solitaries) encouraged to live in purpose-built hermitages, follies, grottoes, or rockeries on the estates of wealthy landowners, primarily during the 18th century. Such hermits would be encouraged to remain permanently on site, where they could be fed, cared for, and consulted for advice, or viewed for entertainment."
RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 24, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 25, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 26, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 27, 2023
"During Prohibition in the United States, the U.S. government literally poisoned alcohol. When people continued to consume alcohol despite its banning, law officials got frustrated and decided to try a different kind of deterrent—death. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the U.S., which were products regularly stolen by bootleggers. By the end of Prohibition in 1933, the federal poisoning program is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people."
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 28, 2023
"Pope Gregory IV declared war on cats in the 13th Century. He said that black cats were instruments of Satan. Because of this belief, he ordered the extermination of these felines throughout Europe. However, this plan backfired, as it resulted in an increase in the population of plague-carrying rats."
RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 29, 2023
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RE: Amazing historical factoids - Magical Realist - Mar 31, 2023
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