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Wife plugged in to alarm clock

Alex of Weird Universe wrote: “Sounds to me like Anna Hindman had good cause for wanting to divorce her husband [in 1938], namely a) his belief that 4 hours sleep is all anyone needs, and b) wiring her bed to shock her every 4 hours to prevent her from sleeping longer than that. But according to the news reports, she eventually forgave him and withdrew her divorce petition — after he got rid of the ‘shocking machine.'”

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