The Bizarre and Dangerous Beauty Trends of Ancient Times

Sunlight Therapy

Although this is a cosmetic procedure in this photo, doctors recommend that normal people do this if they work indoors during the time of the year where the sun doesn't shine as much as other times. It was originally used in the mainstream to treat tuberculosis, which never worked. 

The Finn Sauna

People in Finland love their saunas. They love them so much that they created a country-exclusive patent for a mobile sauna called the Finn Sauna. Different versions of this device moved around the world, but this one is really the only one that 20th-century sauna enthusiasts stuck with. 

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The More You Know

  • England is hit with more tornadoes per square mile than any other country in the world.
  • Commercial flights were allowed to fly any course to their destination and would often detour over points of interest. This ended in 1956 when two planes crashed mid-flight over the Grand Canyon.
  • The television was invented only two years after the invention of sliced bread.
  • The sun and moon appear to be the same size in the sky because of an astonishing coincidence: the moon is 400 times smaller but 400 times closer.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.