Seijo

Interesting stuff. You'll be surprised...

[Seijo @seijodev]

In 1518, hundreds of people suddenly started dancing uncontrollably for days… some danced until they died.

No one knows why.

Medieval Europe was wild😅

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They really did this?

In ancient Egypt, when a cat died, the whole family would shave off their eyebrows as a sign of mourning.

They treated cat deaths like losing a family member.

Cats were that important.

What’s the weirdest animal-related tradition you’ve heard? 😂

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@crypt_onchain Yeahh

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They really did this at funerals?

In parts of old Ireland and Scotland, people held “keening” at funerals.

Professional mourners (usually women) would wail, cry, and sing loudly over the dead body — sometimes for hours.

The louder and more dramatic the crying, the more respect it showed.

Old funerals were full-on performances.

What’s the weirdest funeral or mourning tradition you’ve heard? 😂

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@Anna_xb2 Haha it was a real medieval festival called “The Feast of the Ass”.

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They really celebrated this?

In medieval Europe, there was a tradition called “The Feast of the Ass.”

People brought a live donkey into the church, dressed it up, and the priest would bray like a donkey during the service while everyone sang and celebrated.

It was a real religious festival.

Old traditions were absolutely unhinged.

What’s the weirdest tradition or festival you’ve heard of? 😂

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@cb_doge I still don't understand dogecoin

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In 1739, Britain went to war with Spain… because a British captain’s ear was cut off by Spanish coast guards.

They called it the War of Jenkins’ Ear.

One ear started an actual war.

What’s the pettiest reason you’ve seen start something big? 😂

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They really used this as money?

In the 1600s on the island of Yap, people used giant stone wheels as money.

Some stones were 12 feet tall and weighed several tons.

You could buy a house with one… but you didn’t even need to move it. Everyone just remembered who owned what.

Old money was literally immovable.

What’s the weirdest form of money you’ve heard of? 😂

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@EdelIntern_ True 😅

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They really used this as money?

In ancient China and parts of Asia, people paid taxes and bought things with compressed tea bricks.

The bigger and higher quality the brick, the more valuable it was.

Tea was actual currency for centuries.

What’s the weirdest thing people have ever used as money? 😂

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They really did this for luck?

In the 1600s and 1700s, people carried around dead moles in little bags around their neck.

They believed it would protect them from toothaches and diseases.

Actual dead moles as lucky charms.

Old superstitions were wild.

What’s the weirdest good-luck thing you’ve heard of? 😂

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@thissdaveysol Gm Davey!

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In the 1800s, doctors gave children “soothing syrup” that contained morphine and alcohol.

Mothers used it to make babies sleep.
It was sold everywhere and called “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup.”

Babies got addicted and some died.

What’s the most dangerous “normal” thing from the past? 😂

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@historyinmemes I wonder what would the people from the 1800s or older would do if they saw it. 😂

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@UFOMAXTV Interesting!

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@Global_PulseX History is literally just modern drama but with better outfits and higher stakes. 😂

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They really put a dead Pope on trial? 😱

In the year 897, Pope Stephen VI dug up the dead body of his predecessor (Pope Formosus).

He dressed the corpse in church clothes, sat it on a throne, and put it on trial for crimes.
Then he cut off its fingers and threw the body in the river.

This really happened. It’s called the Cadaver Synod.

Old church politics were insane.

What’s the craziest story from history you know? 😂

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@crypt_onchain 😂😂😂😂😂

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It was actually the other way around! His actions hadn't been cancelled yet. Under Church law, they couldn't just wave a magic wand and undo his decrees. They had to physically put him on trial, find him guilty of being an illegal pope, and then use that verdict as the legal excuse to cancel everything he did.

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Right? The pettiness was next-level. They even appointed a young deacon to stand next to the rotting corpse and yell out answers on its behalf. The whole thing backfired badly though—the Roman public was so disgusted by the petty spectacle that they rioted, threw the puppet pope in prison, and strangled him to death a few months later.

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@Nader748973 That’s exactly why the public was so horrified!

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He didn’t commit a crime; he was a casualty of a brutal political feud.

Officially, he was charged with perjury and violating church law by switching bishop positions.

The real reason was revenge. Formosus had crowned a foreign king as Emperor, which angered a powerful Italian ruling family. Once Formosus died, that family seized Rome and staged the trial to cancel his political actions.