did you know short people could not be

arrested in ancient China in 200 BC the

emperor chin sure Huang was just 4 feet

11 inches a true short King according to

his 18 laws of chin you had to be as

tall as him to be considered an adult

which meant shorter men could easily

plead as children at the time birth

records were incomplete and verifying

one's age was impossible so the emperor

used height instead but if you passed

his height test you had to be super

careful of your emotions the same chin

laws prohibited men from crying it was

seen as a sign of weakness and if you

were caught shedding tears your beard

and eyebrows were shaved off as

punishment now this will blow your mind

but for women the Qin dynasty started

one of the weirdest crying rituals in

history every single women had to cry

one hour every day for 30 days before

their marriage and she would not do this

alone the mother had to join her for

three weeks the grandmother for two

weeks and finally ants 