The Statue of Liberty has a "Morton's Toe"—her second toe is longer than her big toe. The Ancient Greeks thought a Morton's Toe was the pinnacle of beauty.
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| Statue of Liberty's Morton's Toe |
A tiger's tongue is so coarse, it can lick flesh down to the bone. If it licked your hand it would draw blood.
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| Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 |
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| Rally for World Mental Health Day 2014 in Salem, Tamil By Chinchu.c |
Mental disorders were described, and treatments developed, in Persia, Arabia and in the medieval Islamic world. The first psychiatric hospitals were was built by the Muslims including ones in Baghdad in 700AD, Cairo in 800 AD and in Damascus in 1270 AD. The physicians of the Islamic world invented and used a variety of treatments, including occupational therapy, music therapy, as well as medication.
The parents of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho were so concerned about his stated dream of being a writer that they put him in a mental institution three times. He wrote a book about it, Veronika Decides To Die, 35 years later.
13.6 million Americans live with a serious mental illness.
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| Marie Antoinette's execution by guillotine on October 16, 1793 |
