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Did an ancient King of Persia entertain his dinner guests with asbestos napkins? You finish a lovely meal, swig down the last of your wine, and then contentedly dab your mouth with, er, some asbestos. Or, at least, that would be case if—lucky you!—you were dining back in sixth century Persia, dining in the court of great Sassanian king Khosrow II. You see, records show that Khosrow II had a set of table napkins made out of asbestos. You know asbestos—it’s that fibrous silicat