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The nose knows? Pseudoscience claimed that the shape of the nose could tell you about a person s moral character — from a history of the nose job. Although rum was massively popular among the sailors, there were attendant problems — namely, drunkenness and ill discipline.  The International Camel & Ostrich Races, born because of fake news. And markets in everything: In Japan, paying supposedly attractive men to wipe away one s tears.

 

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