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TIL the Flamen Dialis, the high priest of Jupiter in Ancient Rome, was subject to many restrictions, such as not allowed to touch or mount a horse, not allowed to have a knot in any part of his attire, not walk along a path over-canopied by vines and not touch or name a dog.

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