1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,426 Click here for the Bigipedia page on Chianto. 2 00:00:02,451 --> 00:00:03,542 (double click) Subject: 3 00:00:03,567 --> 00:00:06,126 Chianto, first produced in 1952, 4 00:00:06,147 --> 00:00:08,280 is now mainly sold as a beverage. 5 00:00:08,291 --> 00:00:12,444 It is unclear why or how the Chianto company originially produced the liquid, 6 00:00:12,464 --> 00:00:15,277 Over the years, it has been sold as a hair remover, 7 00:00:15,311 --> 00:00:17,347 self-defence spray, hair restorer, 8 00:00:17,354 --> 00:00:20,401 and to farmers as a humane way of killing chickens, 9 00:00:20,426 --> 00:00:23,574 by putting it into the pigs' feed, and leaving the gate open. 10 00:00:23,599 --> 00:00:25,566 By morning, not only were the chickens killed, 11 00:00:25,580 --> 00:00:27,420 but often plucked, too.
