MYSTICISM: THREE UNBELIEVABLE ANCIENT INVENTIONS

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MYSTICISM: THREE UNBELIEVABLE ANCIENT INVENTIONS:          It was in 1882 that Samuel S. Applegate of Camden, New Jersey, patented equipment that would strike sleepers a slight blow ...

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