tilthat

TIL cyanide had no effect on Rasputin in the first murder attempt because cyanide sprinkled over cakes converted to harmless ammonia

via ift.tt

barebackbearyak

It was cooked into rose cakes, to be specific. The blending and cooking process fundamentally broke down the cyanide.

literallythekremlin

autumnimagining

This is kinda disappointing to learn. Also, this means Boney M lied to us because they said the poison was put into his wine and I am frankly disgusted that Boney M would lie to me like this.

zanmor

according to this they tried both at the same time. poisoned wine and poisoned cakes

the-subservient-human

Faith in Boney M restored

silver-tongues-blog

how did he survive the wine?