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September 24, 2023
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When cigarettes were healthy for you!

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago04 mins

Between the 1930s and 1950s, smoking cigarettes was presenting as being healthy for you and endorsed by doctors and athletes.

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The Abolitionist who owned a thousand slaves

Tony McMahon3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

John Coakley Lettsom was a doctor and noted abolitionist – or opponent of slavery – who accidentally ended up owning about a thousand slaves

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