Some historical societies practiced vows of total silence

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Joining certain highly exclusive orders required you to completely abandon speaking out loud for years. It was heavily romanticized as profound discipline, but honestly, it was probably just a great way to avoid terrible conversations.

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Sailors wore gold earrings to pay for unexpected fees

Coral castle built by a man using pure harmonics

Astrology used to be entirely fatalistic, meaning ancient astrologers would bluntly tell you exactly when you were going to die of a horrible plague or lose all your money in a shipwreck.

Mary of Egypt lived forty years without seeing anyone

Aryeh Kaplan argued ancient mystics did sensory deprivation

Coins left at crossroads served as payments to the unknown

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One discovery
at a time.