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A trichinobezoar is an extreme hairball that can be found in the stomach or intestines. Some people have to have them surgically removed. Hair is indigestible (which explains why cats spit of hairballs). It was once believed that bezoars could act as universal antidote to any poison.
Bluestocking means a woman with scholarly or literary interests. The name came from The Blue Stocking Society, nickname for a mostly female literary club in 18th Century London. Don’t know much about the club, but I came across the word in Vanity Fair.
According to Scientific American, parallel universes are real. I hope SA is right. Cause that's disturbing and cool.
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