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The Poison Supper Club That Made Our Food Safe

Source: Great Big Story

Would you volunteer to eat a dinner you knew was poisoned? That was exactly what a group of 12 volunteers did in the early 1900s. Watch the video to learn more about what they ate and how this influenced the food we eat today.

This entry was posted in An Age of Realism and tagged Culture & Society, Health & Medicine, History on May 1, 2019 by Daniella Navarro.

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