Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.Emperor Qin Shi Huang was terrified by the idea of death and he was aiming immortality. That mercury pills resulted in the death of the Emperor, rather than preventing it. Ironically.
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It makes sense to use their droppings in that way similar as dogs with their urine. Thanks for sharing that article.That's really interesting. Do you know why is it so?Apperantly they poop cubes to make sure it stays in places even if they are uneven, to mark their territory. I think?
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Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Do you know, that Jesus Christ was born in Crimea.In the controversial work of Anatoly Fomenko only.
Galileo's middle finger is on display at the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy.
In the early days of French cuisine, the number of pleats were intended to represent the number of recipes a chef had mastered for a given food, like egg or chicken. Having a hat with 100 pleats meant you were a master chef.I think it's normal for toques to have 100 folds now I don't know if that's sure. Correct me if I am wrong.
Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Did he kill himself doing that?Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
No. Worse. When he was finally defeated by Pompey he attempted to poison himself but was unsuccessful because he had built up such an immunity to poisons.Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Did he kill himself doing that?Mithridates VI of Pontus began a regimen of regularly consuming poisons, being careful to take doses that were below the lethal level. He believed that this constant exposure would build in him an immunity to being poisoned by his enemies.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
Right, because they were not aware of the harmful effects of those elements to the human body when ingested in significant amounts.Another fact about ancient people: Ancient Chinese took in elixirs made up of toxic elements like arsenic, lead, and mercury to have a longer life. Guess what happened afterwards.I suppose they died faster from some sort of poisoning. But maybe they thought it was because of an almighty being.
That's really interesting. I will read more about that. Thanks for sharing Sir diogenes_cask.
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