What is the most curious historical fact that you read recently?

I have a very good question for you, The strangest work I have seen, "Guardian of the pharaonic anus (yes, seriously) would be my answer.

In ancient Egypt there was a sacred job, that of ensuring the health of the pharaoh, and if the pharaoh felt that he had eaten a lot, or had some intestinal problem, he only had to call his guardian of the anus.

The functions of this "proctologist" in addition to treating any issue related to hemorrhoids, consisted of emptying the intestines of the pharaoh when he had eaten more food than he could, this was done to facilitate digestion.

As he did?

The guardian of the anus inserted a cannula that was usually made of gold, and blew warm water through it. It worked similar to an enema.

The papyri indicate that it was Osiris himself who served as an example for the priests since he used a similar technique.

Not only the pharaohs use this technique, but it has also been proven that many people in ancient Egypt did it, only that instead of a gold cannula, they used to use hollow reeds to propel water into their intestines.