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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

The Jain Dharma Monks Have an Excuse – What Was Theirs?

England ’s medieval King Henry IV required his knights to bathe at least once in their lives – during their ritual knighthood ceremonies. (Discover, Sept. 2007) Maybe the knights had discovered it gave them an advantage over their adversaries by forcing them to hold their noses in battle… Sign in to see full entry.

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