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150 Years of Moon Crabs, Blowing Things Up, and Asbestos Obsession

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

CHAPTER

The Hubrus of Man

We look at the history of how we thought aspestus would save us, even after we knew it was killing us. Archaeologists have found traces of it in macedonian funeral shrouds from first century common era. And others have found it in classic byzantine wall paintings, ancient greek clothing and early innuit lantern wick.

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