stackyFACTSIf you thought modern HR departments were rough, try having your career prospects ruined by your hand wrinkles.
If you thought modern HR departments were rough, try having your career prospects ruined by your hand wrinkles. Palmistry, or chiromancy, was taken incredibly seriously in the ancient world. Legend has it that Julius Caesar was so obsessed with it that he would read the palms of his officers to determine if they were trustworthy or traitorous. Given how his life ended, we can safely assume he skipped reading Brutus's hands.
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