Dracula's historical inspiration, Vlad the Impaler, actually cried tears of blood, according to scientific study

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I think I saw a video on the research team that has been taking trace samples of artifacts and trying to glean information about the owners/writers life.

It is pretty neat, but i just begs the question of how conclusive one can be that the said sample came from a specific person.

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Especially if there aren’t any contemporaneous records suggesting Vlad had such a condition. Seems like the kind of thing someone might have noted given his notoriety.

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Well, I couldn’t find a gif from the OG Little Shop of Horrors, with Seymour horrifiedly demanding of Audrey, Jr, “BLOOD?! You want blood?!

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