Ah, Ancient Times
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charisstoma19 Customs Ancient People Had That Would Be Completely Bizarre Today
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Society has come a long way over the millennia. Yes, no longer do we have to use stones as toilet paper or drink blood to cure diseases.
Ancient Egypt. ...Your doctor won’t be prescribing you a mixture of donkey and gazelle dung for whatever ails you. ...Animal feces were a go-to remedy thanks to their supposed healing properties. But while antibiotic substances have since been discovered in some types of dung, that doesn’t make the use of feces in medication any more hygienic.
Garlic was used as a pregnancy test. ... Greeks’ solution for determining pregnancy involved a raw clove of garlic, placed near a woman’s cervix before bed. If she woke up to find she could taste the distinctive flavor on her tongue, the test was deemed positive.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn cats. ,,,Worshipped alongside the many gods and goddesses that the Egyptians prayed to. When a feline died, ... one way people mourned these catastrophic events was by shaving off their eyebrows.
Urine was used as laundry detergent. ...urine is full of a useful compound called ammonia, which you’ve probably seen on the ingredients lists of household cleaning substances. ... ammonia is a very good base for getting rid of tough stains. ...in ancient Rome,... people would collect urine and use it to wash their clothes, stomping on them to aid the process.
Stones were used instead of toilet paper. ...ancient Greece. ...the Greeks had a saying, “Three stones are enough to wipe” – “Stones” actually refers more specifically to small ceramic pebbles....
Public toilets were a place to socialize. Back in the days of the Roman empire, though, public latrines were one of the most popular places to chat, hang out and even conduct business.
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Society has come a long way over the millennia. Yes, no longer do we have to use stones as toilet paper or drink blood to cure diseases.
Ancient Egypt. ...Your doctor won’t be prescribing you a mixture of donkey and gazelle dung for whatever ails you. ...Animal feces were a go-to remedy thanks to their supposed healing properties. But while antibiotic substances have since been discovered in some types of dung, that doesn’t make the use of feces in medication any more hygienic.
Garlic was used as a pregnancy test. ... Greeks’ solution for determining pregnancy involved a raw clove of garlic, placed near a woman’s cervix before bed. If she woke up to find she could taste the distinctive flavor on her tongue, the test was deemed positive.
Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn cats. ,,,Worshipped alongside the many gods and goddesses that the Egyptians prayed to. When a feline died, ... one way people mourned these catastrophic events was by shaving off their eyebrows.
Urine was used as laundry detergent. ...urine is full of a useful compound called ammonia, which you’ve probably seen on the ingredients lists of household cleaning substances. ... ammonia is a very good base for getting rid of tough stains. ...in ancient Rome,... people would collect urine and use it to wash their clothes, stomping on them to aid the process.
Stones were used instead of toilet paper. ...ancient Greece. ...the Greeks had a saying, “Three stones are enough to wipe” – “Stones” actually refers more specifically to small ceramic pebbles....
Public toilets were a place to socialize. Back in the days of the Roman empire, though, public latrines were one of the most popular places to chat, hang out and even conduct business.
