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I'm hoping one of these was never actually produced or tested:

Athanasius Kircher; The Last Man Who Knew Everything
by Paula Findlen

Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society » Blog Archive » More Kircherian Cat Torture: ...we wanted to call to your attention Kircher’s catoptric theatre, a sort of hall of mirrors into which a cat would be deposited and mayhem would ensue.

Why not just buy some catnip and put it in a little baggy? That will result in just as much mayhem, methinks.

I'm listening to “More Than This (feat. Norah Jones)” by Charlie Hunter from the album Pure Jazz Chillout (disc 2) on .

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