From the ArcaMax Publishing, Trivia Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/trivia/s-293630-286388
Sideshow performers in ancient Greece used to amaze their audiences by pressing a spot on a goat's neck — pinching off the artery leading to the brain — and causing it to go to sleep. Releasing the pressure would allow the goat to wake again. (The trick still works today.)
This news arrived on: 01/26/2008