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10 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Evil Eye
Our ancestors feared the evil eye, believing that just one glance could bring about bad luck, poverty, or even death. Anyone could cast the evil…
7 Historical Alarmist Beliefs About Absinthe
Absinthe, commonly called the green damnation is one of life’s guilty little pleasures. Real absinthe is expensive these days, but so worth the extra money…
Escaped From Prison to Help His Mother
There are no details as to how this man escaped the penitentiary, but the reason why is plain: his mother needed him. The man escaped,…
Arm Sewn to Boy’s Face
This 1911 plastic surgery procedure is not for the weak of heart or stomach. The process describes cutting away malformed jaw muscle and attaching the…
Flour for Fixing Burns
For starters, the article below comes from a newspaper printed in 1851. It should not, under any circumstances, be used as medical advice. It is…
Doctors Wanted to End Kissing
1912 was the year when medical doctors were trying to get kissing outlawed. Not for religious reasons, but because they felt that kissing was gross….
Human Hair Gathered From The Sick And Dead
I have an aversion to human hair to begin with, but learning about the conditions in which human hair used to be harvested makes me…
Women’s Excessive Working Hours in the Laundries
In the early 1900s, people were expected to work up to and sometimes over 24 hours. Men and women had to fight to lower the…
10 Weird Superstitions Involving Your Shoes
We all love our shoes, whether we buy and wear them for comfort or for fashion. Shoes are also weirdly steeped in numerous superstitions. A…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Spirit Radio
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was deep into the spirit world. What he tried to do might seem kind of silly…
