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The Whale Cure: Rheumatic Patients Napping in Whale Corpses

In Australia during the late 1800s, rheumatic patients would gather at whaling stations for a rather unusual form of therapy.  When a whale was captured…

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5 Gruesome Mummified Body Discoveries

Who wouldn’t love the opportunity to find a mummified body inside their home? Most people would not appreciate it, I’m sure, but it has happened…

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6 Gruesome Cockroach Accounts from the Past

For some of us, there is nothing worse than the sight of a cockroach. The last time I saw one was when I entered a…

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