On August 24, 1895, an anti-Semitic letter bomb addressed to Jewish banker Baron Alphonse de Rothschild exploded in his secretary’s face, as depicted in this illustration from the time. The envelope, which contained mercury fulminate and potassium chlorate, was triggered by a friction wire.
You’d think he’d have known that rich people don’t open their own letters.
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