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It's all right ma, I didn't inhale
By unclehistory in UNCLE HISTORY
August 1, 2012

Image August 1, 1774: Joseph Priestly and Carl Wilhelm discover oxygen after isolating it from air. This was welcome news to unfortunate members of the Church of the Repressed Breath, which discouraged its followers from inhaling, lest they suck in "sky demons." Mostly defunct due to a high mortality rate, the church still exists in pockets of Texas and the Deep South.