August 22, 2013

Poison Pinkie

"Archaeologists have discovered a ring with an inconspicuous cavity that they believe may have been used to hide poison for political murders in medieval Bulgaria ... It was exquisitely crafted and deliberately hollowed out … The hole would have allowed its wearer to sneakily pour poison into a glass with the flick of his finger."

3 comments:

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Back then, getting the finger was really, really serious.

Irene said...

Haha!

edutcher said...

I thought poison rings were all the rage 500 years ago.