Horace Wells: Pioneered the use of anesthesia in the 1840s How he died: Used anesthetics to commit suicide While experimenting with various gases during his anesthesia research, Wells became addicted to chloroform. In 1848 he was arrested for spraying two women with sulfuric acid. In a letter he wrote from jail, he blamed chloroform for his problems, claiming that he'd gotten high before the attack. Four days later he was found dead in his cell. He'd anaesthetized himself with chloroform and slashed open his thigh with a razor.
Sign in a Yugoslavian hotel: The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid.
According to a new study, Americans now spend 94% of their time indoors. What do you expect from a culture that goes inside a gym to use a walking machine?
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