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4-inch lotus feet. Lead-based face makeup. Hairlines plucked to create a longer forehead. Though these may sound like acts from the Circus of Beauty Shop of Horrors, they were all considered common beauty rituals at some point in history. So then just wha...

I've noticed lately that the media has taken to calling John McCain the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. It's a strange sort of twist considering that a couple months ago they seemed so certain that McCain was the Republican presidential nomin...