Monday, September 28, 2020

Axinomancy


An ancient means of determining guilt, involving balancing an ax on a post, and reading a list of names aloud. If the ax moved at a particular name, that person was deemed guilty. In another (equally strange) version, a marble was placed on a red-hot ax; the motion of the marble signaled guilt.



Demand Euphoria!


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