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that the head of the Buffalo ASPCA helped develop the electric chair and experimented with it on hundreds of stray dogs.

Jul 4, 2022•1 min read

Fun Fact: that the head of the Buffalo ASPCA helped develop the electric chair and experimented with it on hundreds of stray dogs.

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