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Medieval Japanese samurai would practice meditation while sitting under cold waterfalls.
This practice, called takigyo, was believed to purify the spirit and strengthen resolve. Practitioners would sit under freezing waterfalls for extended periods. The practice demonstrated the extreme mental and physical discipline expected of samurai.
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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...