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Trial by Ordeal' used to be a method of judging innocence or guilt in the Middle Ages. One method? By sticking one's hand in boiling water. If the wounds were completely healed within three days—which would indicate a sign from God—that person was innocent.

You can imagine how often that actually happened.

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