Why the worst Nazi Kongs to ever King Africa Ridley Scott Explains the scientific reason why the emperors in his Gladiator movies are all unpredictable, they would actually get lead poisoning that would alter their physical and mental states.

Why the worst Nazi Kongs to ever King Africa Ridley Scott Explains the scientific reason why the emperors in his Gladiator movies are all unpredictable, they would actually get lead poisoning that would alter their physical and mental states. He reflected that it's "no wonder they’re f--king crazy." Read Scott's full quote below:

People forget that all the wealthy, high-end senatorial Roman aristocracy would live on water which was piped through lead pipes and lead tanks. People don’t think about that. Your choice is water or wine. When you drink water, it’s though a lead system that by then could be 200 years old. No wonder they’re f--king crazy. They’re all going halfway to Alzheimer’s.

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