Shams' 10 Links

http://www.oddee.com/item_98514.aspx

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/seven-most-unusual-religious-rituals

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=98629

http://roadtickle.com/most-painful-cultural-beauty-practices/

http://listverse.com/2010/07/17/10-incredibly-painful-rites-of-initiation/

http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/mah-falling.html

http://listverse.com/2007/08/12/top-10-bizarre-traditions/

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=faith-and-foolishness

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2001/may/02/socialcare.mentalhealth1

http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/521