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Ep 149 is loose and it's a poison special looking at our glowing friend phosphorous...
How was this element discovered? Do you know about the Match Girls? And what made Mary Wilson so handy with her sex pills?
The secret ingredient is (of course)...phosphorous!
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Sources include Chronicle Live, British Library, The Daily Mirror, Historic UK, The Conversation and A Is For Arsenic by Kathryn Harkup.
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