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		s1artibartfast 57 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Researchers complete first human trial on viabilit... In the 18th century the Royal Humane Society also put rectal bellows along the banks of the Thames in London for the benefit of the drowned.

xp84 57 days ago [–]

Never in 1 million years did I think that if you saw somebody fish a body out of the Thames, and immediately pull their pants down, this might not be cause for alarm

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