Friday 6 June 2014

Back in 1958, high-school sophomore Diana McGee chose as her biology…

alchy-hamster-alcoholic-cropped Back in 1958, high-school sophomore Diana McGee chose as her biology project an experiment “to make a hamster an alcoholic, then to cure it of the disease.” She named the hamster “Alchy”. The hamster consumed about a pint of bourbon a month and reportedly “seems to love it.” Eventually, Alchy refused to drink any more of the bourbon-water mixture, leading the Salina Journal to comment on Apr 25, 1958 that “the animal has more sense than some people.”






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/1ozXzim

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