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Alexander Loschke, 35, of Sulzbach, Germany, says he has found the cure for the common cold: a pair of copper wires that a sufferer simply inserts ...up his or her nose. He got the idea from his tomato plants after putting copper on their vines stopped them from rotting. He said he tried wires in his nose when his last cold started, and felt better within 36 hours. Loschke’s pretty sure shoving wires up your nose is reasonably safe. “I thought what did the tomatoes good can’t do me any harm,” he said. (Reuters) ...And sure enough, Loschke will end up being planted deep underground.


Publication Date: 27 February 2000

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