Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

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King Charles II and his Tryst with the King’s Cranium Drops​

Charles, who reigned from 1660 to 1685, was himself an enthusiast chemist and even had his own laboratory where he practiced distillations. In the story of the King’s Drops, the king reportedly paid six thousand pounds to Goddard, then a member of the Royal Society, who had received recognition for his distilled powdered skull recipe.

Before his death, Charles purchased the famed distillation and began to create variants in his laboratory. Mixing it with alcohol, he would sip it frequently while at work. The drops were often mixed into wine or chocolate, and became popular for a variety of ailments. Skulls acquired for use in The King's Drops came from Ireland after paying gravediggers on the sly to supply them.

In his final days, doctors were pouring 40 drops of this miracle elixir down the king’s throat on a daily basis, but to no avail. Modern scientists and historians go so far as to speculate that the drops potentially sped up Charles’ demise, which finally came on February 6th, 1685. Though medical proof did not attest to the healing powers of this concoction, and neither did the tests performed on those who consumed it, the drops found a way into people’s medicine cabinets.
 
RadishRose said:
What??? The door was never opened' why not? Will it be? Was there some other way they got in? C'mon Paco, don't leave us hanging. 😞
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I thought you would call me out on this one. :) I did the research now. Unfortunately it still remains a mystery, but this really happened, they even have more photographs and explanations if you want to check them out.

First images from Great Pyramid's chamber of secrets.
 
In July 2019, a biologist and an underwater cameraman, Lizzy Daly and Dan Abbot, were diving off the coast of England when they spotted an absolutely enormous barrel jellyfish that was larger than Daly! She posted this photo to social media with the caption, "Woah!!!!! We went diving in Falmouth yesterday to finish off #WildOceanWeek and came across this GIANT barrel jellyfish!
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^^^ Incredible!

Jellyfish don’t have brains! Not only that, they also have no blood, no bones, and no heart. However, they do have an elementary nervous system with receptors that detect light, vibrations, and chemicals in the water. These abilities, along with the sense of gravity, allow jellyfish to orient and navigate in the water.
 
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