The Strangest Customs
In ancient Rome, women used to buy pots containing gladiator sweat, which they used as a facial cream to improve their complexion.
The Egyptians used crocodile dung and sour milk as a contraceptive. The woman placed it inside her vagina. The purpose of this ointment was to create an acid barrier to prevent the passage of sperm.
The Vikings had a disturbing ritual in which the slave girl had to accompany her master in the afterlife when he died; the girl had to perform sexual rites with a man from each house before being sacrificed by the matriarch of the village.
The Persians had a strange tradition, they would get drunk after making a decision; if they still felt the same way after getting drunk, then it was the right decision.
The Ottomans had a cruel way of preventing any war of succession. When a new Sultan came to power, he had the right, according to law, to execute all his male brothers. At the beginning of each reign, a long line of coffins, most of which contained infants, would leave the palace in a great procession.
