Whiskey on Fire: Dublin’s Bizarre 1875 Disaster That Turned Streets Into a Deadly River of Booze
— April 21, 2026On the warm evening of 18 June 1875 residents of Dublin’s Liberties district heard…
Perhaps this fellow in India heard about the other fellow in France and decided to best him. Doctors removed 421 coins, 197 fishnet pellets, three keys, and 19 bolts from a bicycle chain when they opened his stomach. The entire collection weighed more than 13 pounds. That’s probably not the way most people want to lose weight.
On the warm evening of 18 June 1875 residents of Dublin’s Liberties district heard…
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