The Bizarre and Dangerous Beauty Trends of Ancient Times

Strange Exercise Machines

History is rife with useless, dangerous, and sometimes threatening exercise machines. This device here was supposed to stimulate the user's abs while they didn't have to do virtually anything to make that happen. This product was taken off the market when people started sustaining wild injuries from it. 

Beauty Trends, Meet Cultural Trends

You know, there are a finite amount of beauty trends, but they all circle back into strange cultural trends that complete the loop. Here are the cultural trends that led to many a beauty trend back in the day...

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The More You Know

  • Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in the Matrix. He starred in Wild Wild West instead.
  • The world's most densely populated island is the size of two soccer fields.
  • A solar powered, self-filling water bottle has been invented for bike riders that condenses atmospheric moisture to automatically fill the bottle.
  • The stars and flashes of light you see when you rub your eyes are called "phosphenes."
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.