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Ancient Egyptians would shave off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.
Cats were so revered in ancient Egypt that when a family's cat died, all members would shave their eyebrows as a sign of mourning. This practice demonstrated the high status of cats in Egyptian society.
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The Tudors believed that rubbing a dead person’s teeth on their gums would prevent toothache.
This macabre dental practice involved rubbing teeth taken from corpses on painful gums. The practice was widespread enough...
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Persian kings would debate important matters twice – once sober and once drunk.
Important decisions were discussed first while sober, then again while intoxicated. If an idea seemed good in both...
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Victorian ladies would paint their faces with arsenic to appear pale.
Arsenic wafers were eaten or made into face cream to achieve a fashionable pale complexion. This deadly practice...