You won't believe what they found in Roman graves
So here's the thing about history, especially when you dig into it: you always find something weirder than you expected. Archaeologists over in Rome, digging around the Ostiense necropolis, just unearthed three skeletons with iron nails on their chests. Yeah, actual nails. The going theory is that these Romans were trying to prevent restless spirits from, you know, being restless. Or maybe they were trying to protect the living from those restless dead. Either way, it's a whole mood.
Now, you might think, 'Bryce, what's that got to do with the Crossroads?' And I'll tell you, it's just a different flavor of people trying to keep things in order, even after the last breath. We don't have iron nails in our graves here, far as I know. But we've got some pretty strong ideas about how things ought to be done, from our liquor laws that feel like they're trying to ward off evil spirits, to the quiet way some families keep their histories buttoned up tight. It's all about control, I suppose. Just a lot less dramatic than a literal nail to the chest.
That's the Crossroads, friends — greatest snow on earth and the weirdest liquor laws.
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