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What lie detectors were used by the ancient Chinese and Arabs?

Even in ancient times, different peoples used the principles that are used in the modern lie detector to determine the guilt of the suspect. The Chinese made people put a handful of rice in their mouth and then spit it out. Arabs forced to lick a red-hot blade. If the rice was dry or the suspect received a burn from the blade, it means that before that his mouth was dry, which indicated guilt.

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