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The act of placing salt on a railroad track is punishable by death.


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6 Responses to “The act of placing salt on a railroad track is punishable by death.”

Comment from 1245
Time May 25, 2010 at 6:38 pm

u r mean

Comment from 1245
Time May 25, 2010 at 6:38 pm

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Comment from 1245
Time May 25, 2010 at 6:41 pm

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Comment from juan knightstannd
Time October 22, 2010 at 2:37 pm

what the fuck?

Comment from Braja
Time March 28, 2011 at 10:31 pm

Punishable by death?! Is salt on train tracks that bad?

Comment from KazoWAR
Time April 1, 2011 at 11:42 pm

Was salt really that rare back then? Well, i guess the death part is whoever sees you do it can feel free to shove you into the path of an oncoming train.

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