In this historical deep dive, you'll discover: What Victorian children actually ate for "treats", The terrifying ingredients hidden in candies, cookies, and fizzy drinks, Why some sweets glowed in the dark (hint: it wasn’t magic), How food adulteration laws didn’t exist yet—and what that meant for your stomach, Real-life horror stories of poisoned toffee, arsenic in peppermint, and exploding ginger beer
It's food history at its weirdest—equal parts fascinating and horrifying. Whether you're into quirky historical facts, dark history, Victorian England, or just curious about how humans survived their own inventions, this is the story for you.
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