People Used to Straight Up Drink Gold

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5 min readJul 2, 2021

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This is something that may be a little bit difficult for many of us in the modern-day to understand. Back in the day, people were trying to do everything they could to ensure that they lived as long as possible and that they were healthy while they were alive. You can see it today in things like anti-aging creams of dubious efficacy. And today’s story is about something even more dubious. People thought that they could…

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