DARK HISTORY FACTS THAT SOUND ILLEGALThe creepiest things in history were once totally legal...1 Some Victorian doctors used human teeth from corpses to make dentures for the rich.2 In medieval Europe, people were once put on trial after death.3 Ancient Romans sometimes used crushed human bones in medicine.4 For centuries, "mummy powder" was sold as a real cure made from ground Egyptian mummies.5 In 1800s London, body snatchers stole corpses and sold them to medical schools.6 Wealthy Europeans once kept human skulls as luxury decor and status symbols.7 In old England, animal trials where real pigs and rats were sometimes arrested and executed.8 During the Victorian era, people paid to attend public surgeries like live entertainment.9 In some ancient punishments, criminals could be sentenced to erasure from history - their names destroyed forever.10 For centuries, executioners sometimes sold human fat as medicine after public deaths.
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