My favourite awful example is Rhaphanidosis [1] -- the act of shoving a radish up a man's anus as a punishment, typically for adultery. That sentence alone tel

My favourite awful example is Rhaphanidosis [1] -- the act of shoving a radish up a man's anus as a punishment, typically for adultery. That sentence alone tells you an awful lot about the society it came from. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhaphanidosis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhaphanidosis