‘Scratching Salons’: Hit Health Treatment Relieves Stress Through Gentle Scratching

You have a horrendous itch in a spot you just can’t reach. It can get so bad that you’d be ready to pay someone to scratch it. That’s what this Chinese health business operator is banking on. Zhang Xiaoqiao is a Chinese serial entrepreneur who’s always on the lookout for new ideas. Now, however, he …

Bizarre Medical Treatments From History That May Shock You

Do you think you know all the bizarre medical treatments on this list? Like cocaine in medicine or tobacco enemas? Mercury Medicine Mercury compounds were used historically to treat diseases including syphilis. Physicians prescribed mercury in ointments, pills and vapors despite its toxicity. Patients could experience salivation, neurological symptoms, kidney damage and other serious effects. …

Bizarre Things That Were Accidentally Discovered

Do you think you know all the things on this list that were accidently discovered? Or maybe you have an idea of something else to add? The Terracotta Army — China In 1974, farmers digging a well near Xi’an accidentally encountered fragments of life-sized clay figures. Archaeologists eventually uncovered thousands of soldiers, horses and weapons …

Odd and Bizarre Laws From Back In Time

Do you know about all of these odd and bizarre laws from back in time? Like the regulation of clothing, for instance? No Armor in Parliament — England, 1313 The Statute Forbidding Bearing of Armour prohibited people from bringing armor into Parliament. The rule was connected to preventing intimidation and violence inside political proceedings. It …