Insane Vintage Health Tips That People Actually Practiced

Belladonna For The Pupils

Belladonna has always been used as a poisonous plant – royalty would even use it to kill their enemies. It’s also a hallucinogen, and an unpleasant one at that. During the Renaissance, Belladonna extracts would be made into eyedrops that women used to dilate their pupils for a more seductive look. However, many of them went blind. So there’s the lesson in that.

Advertisement

Next Page →

The More You Know

  • Tic Tac mints are named after the sound their container makes.
  • All the Professors in Pokemon have been named after trees.
  • Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.
  • The smallest bone in your body is in your ear.
Next Page →