The Emperor Who Ate Gold Until He Died
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Imagine a man so desperate to live forever that he swallows gold every single day. That man was Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor. He ate gold, drank mercury, and consumed cinnabar, all in the name of immortality. But those precious metals were slowly poisoning him. By 210 BC, the man who conquered all under heaven couldn't conquer a simple fact. His elixir of life was a recipe for death.
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