The Strangest Jobs In History That Luckily Disappeared

The King’s Taster

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Being a food and drink taster sounds awesome. Who wouldn’t want to work alongside royalty and eating the world’s best food all day? However, tyrannical rulers who were frightened that someone might try to poison them were the ones who employed many tasters. As a result, the taster was essentially the canary in the coal mine, who made sure the food the royal family ate wasn’t laced with poison.

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