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France Faked a Poisoner's Execution to Keep Her Chemistry
17th Century

France Faked a Poisoner's Execution to Keep Her Chemistry

A convicted murderer drew a comfortable government salary for thirty years—because her poisons had solved France's biggest problem.

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