Banana Smoking
Back in the 1960s, people were willing to smoke pretty much anything. There was even a rumor that circulated claiming that the peels of bananas contained something called "bananadine." Theoretically, those who smoked it would get super high on the drug. No surprise here, but bananadine is not a real thing. People were lighting up bananas for no reason.
Death Figurines
Before people could fill their days with true crime podcasts and murder mystery shows, Victorian Londoners collected figurines that depicted a brutal killing. These ceramic tchotchkes had some of the famous deaths of the era brightly painted and displayed on the shelf. Some decoration ideas are better left in the past...