"In the Middle Ages, in an Italian town, women would put a mild poison into their husbands’ breakfast in the morning. Then, when the men came home late in the evening, they were given the antidote.
This poison was not actually harmful to humans.
But if the men didn’t come home—because they were elsewhere—and the antidote was delayed, they would suffer headaches, nausea, shortness of breath, depression, pain, and vomiting.
The farther away the man was from home, the worse he felt. And when he finally returned, without knowing it, his wife would give him the antidote, and within minutes he would feel better.
With this horrible trick, men were deceived into believing that being away from home caused them pain and depression, and so they grew attached to their houses and to their wives..."
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