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The Forbidden Experiment

The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong

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The Dumb King James Experiment

Ahbars is said to have sent two babies and a mute woman to the uninhabited island of inchkeith. According to robert lindsey, they were abandoned until they were 'lauchful age' But john pinkerton said the children spoke some unknown language. It's not clear who pinkerton got his version of the story from. The suni historian abdul kadir badauni tells almost exactly the same story - except that he adds that most of the children died shortly after the experiments son.

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