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Covering your skin in excrement was once used as a humbling exercise

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Because standard soap is clearly a luxury for the vain. Opting to cover the skin entirely in biological waste was viewed as the ultimate humbling exercise, usually resulting in horrific, immediate bacterial infections.

Covering your skin in excrement was once used as a humbling exercise
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