Myths & mysteries
Alchemists relied on horse manure to heat their experiments
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The most unglamorous incubator in human history. Achieving a consistent, low-grade temperature for esoteric chemistry was incredibly difficult before modern thermostats, leading serious philosophers to bury their delicate glass flasks in massive piles of decomposing dung.
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