{"id":515,"date":"2025-11-13T17:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alleraydesab.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T17:16:24","slug":"heavy-metal-hay-fever-and-the-history-no-one-taught-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alleraydesab.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHeavy Metal, Hay Fever, and the History No One Taught You\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_0\">Let\u2019s be honest: when you think \u201chistorical drama,\u201d you probably imagine sword fights, royal scandals\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_1\">\u2026not a 14th-century monk sneezing so hard he knocks over an inkwell.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_3\">But here\u2019s the truth: allergy history is wilder than any rock opera.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_5\">Did you know Roman emperors banned roses from banquets because guests kept passing out? (Turns out, pollen + wine = bad combo.)<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_6\">Or that in Victorian England, \u201chay fever\u201d was considered a disease of the elite\u2014because only the rich had time to lounge in grassy fields and complain about it?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_8\">I stumbled into this world while researching for The Itchy History of Allergy, our non-fiction deep dive into the sneezy, sniffly, surprisingly dramatic saga of humanity vs. harmless proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_10\">And somewhere between reading about ancient Egyptian pollen rituals and 1950s antihistamine ads (\u201cNow you can picnic without perishing!\u201d), I realized:<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_11\">This is our origin story.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_13\">Because let\u2019s face it\u2014what is fandom if not a form of allergic reaction?<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_14\">You encounter a story\u2014a song, a wizard, a galaxy far, far away\u2014and bam. Your system goes haywire. Your heart races. You buy a $30 shirt you don\u2019t need. You write fanfiction at 2 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_16\">You\u2019re not sick.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_17\">You\u2019re allergic to ordinary life.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_19\">So yes, we sell a t-shirt that says \u201cMay the Sneeze Be With You\u201d (now with extra tissue pocket!).<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_20\">And yes, we wrote a whole book about why your great-great-grandpapa thought smelling a rotten apple would cure his cat allergies.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_21\">(He was wrong. But bless his cotton socks.)<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_23\">Because history isn\u2019t just dates and dust.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_24\">It\u2019s the itch that started a thousand stories.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_26\">\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_27\">P.S. Volume I of The Itchy History of Allergy is available in print and PDF. Warning: May cause sudden urges to fact-check your grandmother\u2019s \u201ccures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading515_c00f21-a0_28\">[Read the Lore \u2192]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be honest: when you think \u201chistorical drama,\u201d you probably imagine sword fights, royal scandals\u2026 \u2026not a 14th-century monk sneezing 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