With the rise of the internet, we have entered a new era, with the ability to delve into historical events in a way that has never been seen before, as if opening the door of time. Some forgotten historical events have resurfaced, some of which are truly bizarre and eye-opening; There are also some shocking, like being in a mysterious adventure story. Let's uncover the mysteries behind these rare historical events!
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▲ In the 19th century, in order to receive more taxes, the Indian authorities introduced a ridiculous tax: the "breast tax". This tax requires Indian women to pay taxes on the size of their breasts, the larger the size, the more money they need to pay, and women of the lower castes (Sudras) are not allowed to cover their breasts in public. If they wanted to cover up, officials would impose heavy taxes on them.
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▲ There is an extreme sport called "extreme ironing", which combines the thrill of extreme outdoor activities and the satisfaction of ironing shirts, they iron clothes when climbing, iron clothes when skydiving, and even iron clothes in the sea... This sport is loved by more and more young people.
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▲ This is a "death cat", it lives in a nursing home in the United States, its name is "Oscar", whenever the patient is dying, the cat will come to the patient, accompany them through the last moments of life, from 2005 to 2010, the cat accurately predicted 50 deaths...
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▲ This image shows the alternative "milk-revealing clothing" popular in the ancient Korean Peninsula, and it is unbelievable that until a hundred years ago, women still loved this extremely revealing clothing. After the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula, they expressed anger and accused it of "insulting customs and dishonoring the image of the empire", and then the clothing gradually disappeared during the Japanese occupation era. It is curious that South Korea has been committed to the preservation of cultural heritage, so when will it consider inscribed this traditional garment on the World Heritage List?
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In 1997, three Yemenis sued NASA, accusing NASA of trespassing on Mars without their permission, because according to local mythology, the ancestors of these people inherited Mars 3,000 years ago, and there are documents to prove this... Although the lawsuit failed, they began to "sell" Martian lands for $ 2 per square meter ... I don't know if anyone took the bait...
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▲ There is a place called "Rainbow Valley" on Mount Everest, which sounds like a poetic place, but the truth is cruel, this place is not beautiful, because this is the location where the bodies of the mountaineers killed in the process of climbing Mount Everest stay after rolling, and these victims are wearing colorful clothes, looking at the past from a distance like a "rainbow".
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▲ Map software will judge the blockage of the road according to the positioning of the mobile phone, but it will also be used by some people to do things. For example, at the beginning of this year, German performance artist Simon Weckert used a small trailer to pull 99 mobile phones with navigation turned on to the empty road in front of Google's headquarters in Berlin, blocking the road to death...
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▲ When the anglerfish mates, the two bodies will be integrated, the male anglerfish is much smaller than the female, when the male finds a female in the ocean, it will bite the female tightly, after the wound heals, the organs slowly degenerate and disappear, into a "small pendant", this reproductive method is also called "sexual symbiosis", sometimes there is more than one such pendant...
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In the Soviet Union in the 80s, women faced an alarming problem - frequent abortions. Despite their tall and attractive stature, they have more than 4.5 million abortions each year. This figure is staggering, equivalent to the number of deaths in a world war. As you can imagine, at the entrance of the small clinic, women patiently line up for the operation and enter the operating room. This sight was commonplace at the time, as common as seeing a doctor.
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▲ During a gynecological examination, doctors were surprised to find that a woman's vagina had "teeth"! After in-depth research, they found that this is an extremely rare teratoma disease. A teratoma is a tumor that contains cells from different germ layers and sometimes grows tissues such as hair, teeth, etc. Although this is very rare, there are such strange and bizarre phenomena.
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▲ One cold winter, three brave Georgians decided to explore the forest. Just as they were walking through the woods, they stumbled upon two abandoned radioactive sources, not only was there not a trace of snowflakes within a radius of one meter, but the ground was also steaming, just like a stunt! Their eyes lit up and they couldn't believe their luck. They then decided to use them as a heat source at night. All three men were injured, and one of them died.
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In a group photo on the streets of South Korea in the 1960s, a young woman is surrounded by two American soldiers. Although the two soldiers were in a foreign land, they looked satisfied and happy. However, the young woman forced a smile. This photograph actually profoundly reveals the intricate power relations between South Korean society and the US military at that time.
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▲A problem that plagues countless people, which cup is filled with water first? Although only 2% of the world's population knows the correct answer, maybe that includes you. Do the math and look forward to seeing your answer in the comments section!