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The Salem orb trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of orbcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death for refusing to plead, and at least five people died in jail.
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Bucky Fuller, Orb King is a 2021 fantasy engineering film about a brilliant wizard (Buckminster Fuller) who uses tensegrity principles to construct a glowing blue orb.
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- Post @ Twitter (3 December 2021)
- Salem witch trials @ Wikipedia