Alcohol and Beaver Were Used as Birth Control
In the 1500s, Canadian women soaked the testicles of a beaver in an alcohol mixture and consumed it. And although there was no scientific proof to back it up, they believed that this would prevent them from getting pregnant.
Innocence Was Judged by Boiling Hands
In the Middle Ages, a person’s innocence was judged by sticking a suspect’s hand in boiling water. If the burn wounds healed in three days, then the person was declared innocent of all charges because they thought God had healed them. But if the wounds didn’t heal, then they were found guilty.
