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May 18, 1910

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1910 the Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet. The public panicked after one astronomer predicted that the gas from the tail would be deadly. The sale of “anti-comet” pills, gas masks, and even umbrellas spiked as people tried to protect themselves from the invisible death that was … Continue reading

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