stackyFACTSExtreme paranoia requires extreme staffing solutions. Because slipping a little toxic powder into a royal goblet was the preferred political coup of the era, paranoid kings and queens fully employed professional food tasters, whose entire job description was to take a bite and wait to see if they started violently foaming at the mouth.
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