The Bizarre and Dangerous Beauty Trends of Ancient Times

Facial Buffing

This automated service would literally buff a person's face like a human car wash machine. Sometimes this would go horribly wrong. That's why people just clean their faces with devices that they can hold nowadays. 

Electrical Treatments

Back in the 1930s, ladies would get their eyebrows zapped off with an electrical stylus. This process is similar to today's laser hair removal treatments, just a bit less refined.

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The More You Know

  • Crayola is literally "oily chalk."
  • Enzo Ferrari told a man "you may be able to drive a tractor but you will never be able to handle a Ferrari properly." The man was so angry that he vowed to create the perfect car. His name was Ferruccio Lamborghini.
  • Portland was named by a coin flip. Had the coin landed the other way, the city would be known as Boston, Oregon.
  • There's such a thing as a fear of buttons.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.