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In ancient China, the longer your fingernails, the richer you were considered.
Long fingernails were a status symbol indicating that one didn't need to do manual labor. Some nobles would grow their nails so long they needed protective gold or silver sheaths. This practice demonstrated social status and wealth through physical modification.
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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...
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In ancient Egypt, servants would be covered in honey to act as human fly catchers.
To keep flies away from important people, servants would be coated in honey. The sticky substance would attract...
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In ancient China, cricket fighting was so popular that specialized cricket referees existed.
Professional cricket-fighting referees would oversee matches between prized fighting crickets. These insects were kept in special ceramic jars...