Some Obscurish facts
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1902 From 1902 until his death 10 years later, the Hindu fakir Agastiya, of Bengal, India, kept his right arm extended straight above his head in a singular demonstration of his contempt for physical pain. Physicians noted that while such a posture would cause almost unendurable pain for most people during the first three months, ultimately the inevitable loss of blood circulation and the stiffening of the muscles would have kept the arm erect even if fakir Agastiya had wanted to lower it. Of necessity he was buried with the arm raised. Nor would the arm have been good for anything, although a bird once built its nest in the fakir's open palm.
1902 From 1902 until his death 10 years later, the Hindu fakir Agastiya, of Bengal, India, kept his right arm extended straight above his head in a singular demonstration of his contempt for physical pain. Physicians noted that while such a posture would cause almost unendurable pain for most people during the first three months, ultimately the inevitable loss of blood circulation and the stiffening of the muscles would have kept the arm erect even if fakir Agastiya had wanted to lower it. Of necessity he was buried with the arm raised. Nor would the arm have been good for anything, although a bird once built its nest in the fakir's open palm.