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Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime

Monopoly is a better game with real money and crime What if the classic board game had better rules for simulating capitalism? March 3, 2018 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I2anym

During the Civil War, smallpox vaccinations were hard to come by, so many soldiers took a DIY approach.


During the Civil War, smallpox vaccinations were hard to come by, so many soldiers took a DIY approach.
In an attempt to stave off smallpox, Civil War soldiers would try to self-vaccinate by cutting themselves and putting discharge from a comrade's smallpox pustule into the cut. As can be expected, there were side effects.

January 5, 2017 at 02:24PM
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