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Collecting Artifacts From the Depression

There's also exhibits on the obesity epidemic in the united states and on the health impacts of second hand smoking. We have probably the most stellar smallpox eradication collection anywhere. You can even try on a hasmat suit if that's the kind of thing that strikes your fancy at mean, come on. It's one thing to track down an old iron lung or charm your colleagues out of a murky jug of water years after the crisis has abated. It's something else entirely to collect artifacts from demic you're currently living through.

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