Insane Vintage Health Tips That People Actually Practiced

Sticky Servants

Ancient Egyptian servants were often slathered in honey in order to keep flies away from the Pharaoh. Living by a river could mean there were an abundance of pesky insects, and if the Pharaoh was distracted by bugs then who would run the kingdom!

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The More You Know

  • The fastest gust of wind ever recorded on Earth was 253 miles per hour.
  • A typical cloud weighs around 1.1 million pounds.
  • Nutella was invented during WWII, when an Italian pastry maker mixed hazelnuts into chocolate to extend his chocolate ration.
  • A reservoir in space holds 140 trillion times the amount of water in Earth's oceans.
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