Published September 04, 2009, 01:13 AM
Can eating fish make you mad as a hatter?
In Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice finds herself at a weird tea party with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. The Hatter explained that he escaped decapitation by the Queen of Hearts for “murdering time.” “Mad as a hatter” referred to symptoms of poisoning caused by inhaling mercury fumes given off by an old process used in making felt hats.By: Dan Wilcox, outdoor columnist, River Falls Journal
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