Absinthe: The Green Fairy that Made them all Mad

The late eighteenth and nineteenth century brought new advances to the forefront of the world. One of these new creations was a substance that drove many people into raging fits. In France, legions of men and even women craved for the "green fairy" as it was called and "she" proceeded to take them places that they had never been before. Then, the mystical fairy traveled across the seas to the United States where "she" made …

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