1. Ancient Thailand and Persia both had extremely cruel death sentences. In ancient Thailand, death row inmates were brutally fed crocodiles to end their lives. In Persia, the bodies of condemned prisoners were inserted alive into the wick and left to burn to illuminate the streets at night.
2. More than 300 years ago, barbers in some countries in Western Europe were not only responsible for people's hairstyling, but also served as doctors, performing bloodletting for patients. Since the Europeans believed in bodily fluids at the time, they believed that fever was caused by too much blood and too much heat, so it was necessary to let go of some of the blood.
To this day, we can still see the red, white and blue revolving column logo on the front of many barber shops, which is from that history.
3.The Church of Ancient Europe stipulated that only contestants who died in a legitimate duel could be buried in the churchyard. If the loser is dissatisfied with the verdict, he has the right to initiate a duel with the judge, but if he loses the case and is still alive, he will be severely dismembered, beheaded, hanged and other punishments.
4. During the reign of Peter the Great, a regulation was made in order to levy a beard tax on peasants who moved into the city. This regulation required peasants to present small metal plaques made by Peter the Great himself as receipts for the beard tax when entering and leaving the city. Peasants who do not have such small cards will not be able to enter and leave the city freely.
In France, a torture instrument invented by doctors appeared - the guillotine. Before it was officially used in Paris, it was tested with 3 dead bodies to ensure its safety.
On April 25, 1792, a roadblock robber became the first victim of the guillotine.
6. In the Middle Ages, Europeans had an aversion to able-bodied beggars, which they considered to be a manifestation of laziness and even the root of all evil. As a result, beggars were forbidden to enter the church at that time.
7. Britain was the first country in the world to abolish black slaves** in 1807 AD. British law at the time made it illegal to trade black slaves into England.
If a trader is found to have engaged in slave trade, he is punished on a capitation basis, with a fine of £100 per slave.
8. King Henry IV of France is notorious for not bathing for a long time, according to historical records, his body odor is like a piece of rotten meat, even people ten meters away can smell it, and even his fiancée was almost smoked to the ground by his body odor when they first met.
9. After being deposed, Luculus returned to Rome and indulged in extravagant banquets all day long. It is rumored that he earns more than 100,000 silver coins a year just to hire a chef, and one of them, Anthony, has won the reward of the city for his superb culinary skills.
10. In Spain, during the rabies epidemic in the past, municipalities took measures to hunt wild dogs on the streets. This is mainly by using poisoned blood sausage as bait to poison the dog.
Later switched to lasso for capture. Due to this method of hunting, poison blood sausage is used as bait,"Give you blood sausages"This act is also cursed, and in the Spanish sense, it expresses dislike and hatred for others.