I am sure, we all are mesmerized by our ancestors and the scientific knowledge that they processed.
Hundreds of years ago, Science was not as advanced as it is now. But the scientific knowledge that they processed then is really fascinating.
During a Solar and Lunar eclipse, we were told not to eat as the atmosphere would be contaminated with bacterias. How did they know about this. There were no telescopes or microscopes back then.
We were advised to sleep with our heads in the south direction. Now we know that we need to sleep in this direction due to the magnetic field of the Earth.
Also, ladies were told to apply bindi between the eyebrows. Now everyone knows how our ancestors had supreme knowledge as they got to know that there lies at the point one of the chakras of the body.
They knew that during Amavasya, a person with unstable mind will become restless. Moreover, the horoscope of a person was written depending on the positions of the planets at the time of his birth. According to astrologers, the planets of the universe define the future of a person.
Why we need to avoid standing under the peepal tree at night because the tree takes in Carbon dioxide in the day time and lets it out in the night. As we should not inhale it we were asked to avoid it during the night. But a story was weaved around it regarding the ghosts.
The floors were plastered with cowdungs. This was because the cowdungs guard against insects and reptiles as they are repelled by the pungent smell of the cow dung.
We were told where we need to apply kajal. Why we should apply oil to our hair or why the ladies should wear toe rings.
All these facts were told to us by our parents, who were in turn told by their parents to them. This was at a time when there were no labs, and scientists. Specially in India, we were told a lot of scientific facts which we believed to be superstitions. It is now that we know that it is all based on some scientific fact.