Countdown contestants who found fame after appearing on show - Jon Marsh to Alex Horne
Channel 4 show Countdown has made its presenters into stars, but did you know there were contestants who also went on to make a name for themselves in the showbiz world?
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When the Emperor Constantine ruled in Rome, he revived a Roman punishment reserved for persons convicted of murdering members of their extended families. The sentence was carried out in a large leather bag, used for shipping bottles of wine, large enough to hold a human being.
The convict would be bound hand and foot, then placed inside the leather bag. After a viper was placed onto the bag to join him, and the bag laced shut, the human found himself helpless, in the company of an angry venomous serpent.
The viper’s weapon is a pair of fangs so long, that they remain folded inside its mouth until they are needed. Then they rotate yes rotate into biting position. I suspect that a pregnant female would have been the viper of choice, since she does not lay her eggs, but can present her young as if by birth, ready to bite. The venom causes pain, swelling, and cell damage. It takes a while for the victim to die, but after a period of multiple viper bites, he w