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Before anyone understood complex psychology, screaming at a wall was considered a direct supernatural attack. The standard treatment for basically any bizarre…
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Being the best in the world at something occasionally invites demonic rumors. Niccolò Paganini was such a wildly talented and fiercely dramatic violin…
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When you're trying to establish a brutal fascist regime, it helps to have God on your payroll. In 1929, Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty with the Holy See.…
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Being genetically unique was a terrible strategy during the era of rampant paranoia. Since very few people had crimson locks, terrified locals simply assumed…
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Because trees were obviously hollowed-out hotels for helpful deities. Anytime you bragged about your good luck, you had to rapidly punch a nearby log to wake…
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Before you pour your morning espresso, say a quick thanks to an obscure 12th-century holy man. Saint Drogo suffered from a disfiguring affliction that forced…
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