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In medieval Europe, eels were sometimes accepted as rental payment.
Some tenants could pay their rent in eels, which were highly valued. Specific numbers of eels were required depending on the property's value. This practice shows how important eels were in medieval European cuisine and economy.
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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...