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Did dracula actually cry 'tears of blood'?

Gabriel Borrud | Conor Dillon
August 26, 2023

Do you wear Crocs? Because that's the material Italian researchers used to see if the Prince of Walachia (aka 'Vlad the Impaler') was plagued by a rare condition called hemolacria.

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