February 11, 2013
Good ’Til the Last Drop?
In 1911 Coca-Cola was put on trial by the U.S. government, not because it contained cocaine, but because of a far more addictive substance: caffeine.
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January 28, 2013
The Botanical Origins of a Medieval Madness
Before LSD, medieval life was plagued with the “bad trip” of ergot poisoning, a fungus that caused men and women to hallucinate the devil and dance themselves to death.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.