Talk:Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment

A fact from Gustav III of Sweden's coffee experiment appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 11 February 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that King Gustav III of Sweden, in an experiment, commuted the death sentences of a pair of twins on the condition that one drank 3 pots of coffee, and the other tea, every day for the rest of their lives?

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Completely idiotic sentence

"Although the authenticity of the event has been questioned,[1] the experiment, which was conducted in the second half of the 18th century, failed to prove that coffee was a dangerous beverage."

So it is questioned whether the experiment actually ever happened, but the experiment "which was conducted" (oh, really now, was it?) ... Whoever wrote that sentence should be put to death by lethal caffeine injection.

2A02:8108:96C0:3948:CC4D:A0BB:5E2E:9579 (talk) 02:44, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting

Interesting article. --Abhijeet Safai (talk) 06:46, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Urban Myth

Fairly certainly an urban myth, as no accounts mention anything about when the "experiment" was supposed to have started, or when the coffee drinker is supposed to have died. Also, the "experiment" is supposed to have continued even after "both the doctors" who aren't named, and the King, all passed away. There's no supportable evidence anywhere. 82.209.158.35 (talk) 16:56, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]