Japan spent 1,200 years under Buddhist meat bans and came out of them 8cm shorter than the tomb builders who came before.

In 675 Emperor Tenmu issued an edict banning the eating of cattle, horses, dogs, monkeys and chickens through the farming season. Buddhism spread, the bans… pic.twitter.com/npuHQrqotv

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