Insane Vintage Health Tips That People Actually Practiced

Flammable Hair

If you were an upper class Victorian woman, you would almost always be seen with extravagantly tall hairstyles. If you could afford the big hair, then you could also afford the big, fancy events like ballroom dances. In the age before electricity, ballroom dances were lit by literally hundreds of candles. Tall hair + candles = FIRE HAZARD.

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The More You Know

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