In ancient Rome, women had this peculiar habit of purchasing pots filled with gladiator sweat, using it as a facial cream to enhance their skin. Egyptians, on the other hand, used crocodile dung as a contraceptive, which worked by making sperm more challenging to exit. Quite a survival tactic, I suppose, given the significant change.

Now, the Vikings had a rather unsettling ritual where slave women had to join their masters in the afterlife when he passed away. The girl had to engage in a sexual rite with a man from each household before being sacrificed by the village leader's mother.

As for the Persians, they had this odd tradition of getting drunk after making a decision. If they still felt the same after being intoxicated, it was considered the right choice. Ottomans, however, had a ruthless way of preventing succession wars – when a new Sultan took power, he had the legal right to execute all his brothers at the beginning of his rule. A long procession of mostly infant coffins w