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MORNINGS IN THE LAB
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Your ancestors put nails in chests too, seriously.

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Your ancestors put nails in chests too

So here's the deal—you know how in Buffalo, we always say we're gonna come back from anything? Like, we’ve been through blizzards, droughts, four Super Bowls, I'm not even kidding. But what if, like, your *actual* ancestors put nails in your chest to make sure your spirit didn't wander? Archaeologists in Rome just found three skeletons with iron nails on their chests, and they think it was to keep the restless spirits from, you know, being restless. Like, imagine living in Kaisertown, right, and instead of just burying Uncle Tony, you gotta make sure he's *really* in there with some hardware. I'm not even kidding, that’s next level.

Can you even imagine trying to explain that one at the Anchor Bar? "Yeah, we just had to make sure Aunt Carol stayed put, so we used some two-inchers from Home Depot." We’re tough in Buffalo, oh for sure, but we got enough going on with the Bills' playoff hopes without worrying about ancient Roman ghost-busting techniques. Though, if it meant guaranteeing a Super Bowl win, I bet Bills Mafia would be out there with hammers and a whole box of nails, I'm not even kidding. Bills by a billion—and yeah, the city too.

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