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Catherine of Genoa consumed scabs for humility
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When normal volunteering at the hospital just isn't edgy enough, you start eating the grossest things you can find. To conquer her own revulsion and demonstrate complete self-effacement, she literally ingested the bodily cast-offs of the sick. It remains one of the most stomach-churning displays of devotion ever recorded.
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