• Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 hours ago

    That moment when you realise the ‘smelling salts’ folk used to use in Victorian- and Edwardian-era England to stimulate the senses and/or revive a fainted person… Was often ammonia

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      8 hours ago

      Bro my roommate once got some smelling salts from his work. No wonder that wakes you up, sniffing it legitimately feels like razor blades in your nose