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Ivory Handled Tooth Extractor

Ivory Handled Tooth Extractor

While they may have been called this a Dental Bidirectional Key back in the 18th century I prefer to call this primitive tool a whole lot of %$#**%## pain. While the dentist has this little puppy clamped down on your tooth you just might want to have your will written...
Funerals in the 1800s

Funerals in the 1800s

You can bet that funeral customs back in the 18oos were much different than they are today. How so you ask? Well for starters, funerals were held in the home of the deceased.  Back in the day funerals were very much a public affair as the body would be displayed in...
Women Who Cut Their Fingers Off

Women Who Cut Their Fingers Off

I find this heartbreaking but at the same time satisfying. I’m assuming these brave women of the Dani Tribe from the central highlands of western New Guinea (Indonesian Province of Papua) feel that way when they do this to themselves. It’s a part of their...