Carved pumpkins abound this Halloween season, but a decorated gourd dated to 1793 may be the spookiest of them all. New research determines it may contain the blood of Louis XVI, who was executed by guillotine that same year.Okay, I've got to go get ready for work. Have a good day.
Born, like other comic book characters, out of an otherwise trivial but life-changing animal bite, the Rabid Librarian seeks out strange, useless facts, raves about real and perceived injustices, and seeks to meet her greatest challenge of all--her own life.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Odd historical tidbit
Blood of King Louis XVI may be hidden inside gourd: Decorated squash was apparently used to store blood-soaked handkerchief after French monarch was beheaded
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