In the late 1800s, an ascetic welded a metal grid to his neck so he could never lie down.
He believed pain was the fastest path to enlightenment.
Would you call this faith… or madness?
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Before refrigerators… people used frogs. 🐸🥛
In old Russia and Finland, frogs were placed in milk because their skin secretions naturally killed bacteria and kept it fresh longer.
Ancient problems. Wild solutions.
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