29 Berserk Everyday Activities (Yep, The Past Was Nuts)

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We here at Cracked like to dredge up the past to remind you that no matter how hard you wish you lived in a previous time period, you're simply mistaken (or crazy). We asked our readers to provide the most horrifying things our ancestors used to do to entertain themselves. Winner got $100 ...

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TIGETLACING It weakened the abdominal muscles, deformed the ribs, displaced internal organs and, since their abdomens couldn't expand, forced them to

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CRACKED.COM Rogier van der Weyden Portrait of a Young Woman circa 1460 sources: https://recapturingbeau ty.byu.edu/topics/timeli ne.php, http://www.ha

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29 Berserk Everyday Activities (Yep, The Past Was Nuts)

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