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Think the crazy anti-vaxxers and their “doctors” are bad today? During the 1665 bubonic plague in London, one of the cures recommended was, and I kid you not, a fart jar.
They believed the plagued was caused by deadly vapor so, naturally, the cure could be a body’s vapors. People were told to fart into a jar and store it and when the plague came calling to smell their stored farts.
Roman’s used the crushed brains of mice as toothpaste.
If you consume fast food regularly, you eat about 12 pubic hairs a year.
An early form of contraception included soaking beaver testicles in a strong alcohol solution and drinking it.
Did you know that Napoleon Bonaparte’s penis was auctioned off in 1977? 🤦♀️
I shit you not. How did said penis get separated from the little dic(k)tator? Get it? Dick? Hahahaha!
I am so glad you asked!
From the The Washington Post (🎁 link)
An autopsy followed his death. During the procedure, according to some accounts, Napoleon’s little Napoleon, as well as other vital organs, including his heart and stomach, was excised by the doctor. This was either an accident or done on purpose, depending on whom you believe.
From there, the trail of Napoleon’s alleged member gets a bit cloudy. It went from the priest’s family to a London bookseller — the item was politely listed in a catalog as “a mummified tendon” — to a counterpart across the pond in Philadelphia. In 1927, these effects were exhibited in New York at the Museum of French Arts.
A Time magazine journalist attended the event, gazed at Napoleon’s penis, and was not all that impressed. The publication likened it to “a maltreated strip of buckskin shoelace.” Another newspaper described it as a “shriveled eel.”
Eventually, the item believed to be Napoleon’s penis was bought in an auction in 1977 by John J. Lattimer, a leading American urologist. It has since remained in the late Lattimer’s household outside New York City.
And last, but not least! Speaking of famous Johnson’s, did you know King Tut’s was mummified with his erect? Lol. Way to meet the afterlife.
Hopefully, you have been sufficiently grossed out for the day! Have an awesome rest of your Saturday. I think I’ll try some riddles tomorrow so bring your thinking caps. But never fear, I got a few more NSFW/Gross fun facts left just in case. Mwahahaha! *insert evil cackle*
Later, peeps!
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