stackyFACTSThe ultimate anti-aging skincare routine apparently involves swallowing combustion.
The ultimate anti-aging skincare routine apparently involves swallowing combustion. The Rosicrucians, a secretive mystical order that popped up in the 1600s, published manifestos claiming their mysterious founder, Christian Rosenkreuz, possessed a chemical 'liquid fire' that kept him young for hundreds of years. The order was almost certainly a massive literary hoax, but it didn't stop thousands of nerds from trying to join.
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