Check out Brio Be→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: From Sorcerer to Clergyman to Pirate to Admiral: The Remarkable Life of Eustace The Monk https://youtu.be/QQ_C1nlqJBA In this video: Red and white striped, sometimes with a bit of blue, a barber pole twisting next to a small storefront signifies a place where men can get a haircut, a shave and a bit of masculine bonhomie. But this was not always the case. Back in the day, the red and white we associate with good grooming used to represent blood, bandages, leeches and pain. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/10/bloody-history-barber-pole/ Sources: http://www.oddee.com/item_96620.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber#History http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/basics/bloodlettinghistory.html http://brainblogger.com/2011/05/06/from-haircuts-to-hangnails-the-barber-surgeon/ http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2011/10/a-history-of-the-barbers-pole.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_surgery http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60A16F73F5D12738DDDAD0894DF405B898CF1D3 http://www.princeton.edu/~cggross/trepanation.pdf http://www.tn.gov/regboards/barber/bpolehis.shtml