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| ==== Shrinking human heads ==== | ==== Shrinking human heads ==== |
| The Jivaro Indians living in Peru, after killing an enemy, would cut off his head, remove the skin from the skull along with the hair, sew the mouth and eyelids together, and then boil it. They then hung it over the fire to harden and blacken it. Europeans who encountered the custom of the Jivaro Indians in the 19th century became very interested in such peculiar trophies. Demand was so great that the Indians began to produce forgeries from animal skins. [([[https://www.zmescience.com/science/head-shrinking-tsantsa-05244/|ZME Science]])] | The Jivaro Indians lived in Peru. After killing an enemy, they would cut off his head, remove the skin from the skull along with the hair, sew the mouth and eyelids together, and then boil it. They then hung it over the fire to harden and blacken it. Europeans who encountered the custom of the Jivaro Indians in the 19th century became very interested in such peculiar trophies. Demand was so great that the Indians began to produce forgeries from animal skins. [([[https://www.zmescience.com/science/head-shrinking-tsantsa-05244/|ZME Science]])] |
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| ==== Vampire bats ==== | ==== Vampire bats ==== |
| There are three species of blood-eating bats and they all live in the New World - from Mexico to Argentina. [([[https://www.batcon.org/article/vampires-the-real-story/|Bats Conservatory]])] | There are three species of blood-eating bats and they all live in the New World from Mexico to Argentina. [([[https://www.batcon.org/article/vampires-the-real-story/|Bats Conservatory]])] |
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| ==== Arachnophobia ==== | ==== Arachnophobia ==== |
| Japan's Aokigahara Forest is infamous for its extreme popularity with suicidal people. There are no statistics on suicides committed in the forest, but there are regular reports on the number of bodies found in a given year. For example, more than 100 suicides were reported there between 2013 and 2015. [([[https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/03/health/japan-suicide-forest-intl/index.html|CNN]])] | Japan's Aokigahara Forest is infamous for its extreme popularity with suicidal people. There are no statistics on suicides committed in the forest, but there are regular reports on the number of bodies found in a given year. For example, more than 100 suicides were reported there between 2013 and 2015. [([[https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/03/health/japan-suicide-forest-intl/index.html|CNN]])] |
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