17th century urine-filled 'witch bottle' found
| During the 17th century in England, someone urinated in a jar, added nail clippings, hair and pins, and buried it upside-down in Greenwich, where it was recently unearthed and identified by scientists as being the world's most complete known "witch bottle." 06/04/2009 20:40 (msnbc tech-science) Continue to read news >> |
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