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- In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes
- The heart was the only organ of the body that was not removed while mummifying, because they believed that after you died, it was your heart that was weighed against a feather to reveal your character
- A Pharaoh would have slaves stand naked in honey to keep the flies away
- Egyptians were the first to use anesthesia and the first to set broken bones. They invented the potter’s wheel, the scissors, toothpaste, the key, clock, metal pipes and even the calendar
- For contraceptives they used crocodile dung
- Some people killed themselves with an asp because it was believed that those who died from a snakebite would receive immortality
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