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SciShow Tangents

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The Sulfate Syringe Is Just a Platoon

Sarri has gone in the right direction with the correct strategy, finally not convincing herself out of the true fact. But also part of me is like if the bookie made this up, that seems really weird. I could see it being used for something else maybe, not spit, but I don't know what it would be. The saliva syringe sounds so weird. This is like two very normal things. A locket, a bowl, and then a pig bladder attached to a goose quill. It seems too late. Like it was 1600s, is that what you said? 16th century. That's probably true anyway.

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