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My favorite is the supposed "special properties" of copper. I once knew someone who swore by the healing properties of copper.


Copper is legitimately effective as an antimicrobial. (Obviously it doesn't have any magic healing properties.)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/copper-virus-k...


If you haven't watched American TV you've missed the commercials touting gloves and elbow wraps made with copper threads woven in to help ease and heal tired muscles from a distance




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