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Stoned Oracle at Delphi

Posted by timothy on from the insatiable-olive-cravings dept.

nucal writes: "Acording to the NY Times (free registration required, etc.) the Oracles at Delphi were under the influence of ethylene gas when they made their prophecies. Archeologists and geologists teamed up to discover the 'mephitic vapours' that 'inspired divine frenzies.'"

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