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Here are 24 of history's weirdest jobs

Áine CainJun 20, 2016, 22:01 IST

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Today, many people are fortunate enough to be able to strive to find work that they consider "meaningful" and "fulfilling."

Yeah. We're pretty spoiled. Because there have been some weird and terrible gigs throughout the course of human history.

Here are 24 particularly striking, gross, or just plain odd jobs from way back in the day.

Drake Baer and Vivian Giang contributed to previous versions of this article.