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kill the rabbit

To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test.

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  • Before the days of instant pregnancy tests, a woman's sample was injected into a rabbit. There were several varieties of tests; one allegedly would kill the rabbit if the pregnancy hormone was present in the sample
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"What about her?" "She killed the rabbit.".

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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杀死兔子

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