I haven't watch the video yet so this may be included in it. The term Mad as a hatter comes from the fact that mercury was used in the manufacture of felt top hats back in the times of Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll. Back then, it wasn't known that mercury poisoning led to insanity and thus...
I haven't watch the video yet so this may be included in it. The term Mad as a hatter comes from the fact that mercury was used in the manufacture of felt top hats back in the times of Alice in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll. Back then, it wasn't known that mercury poisoning led to insanity and thus...
I didn't know that, Tom. Thanks for the info! Very interesting!