Dentures Were Made From Deceased Soldiers
Before proper dentures were invented in the mid-1800s, dentures weren’t made from materials. They were crafted from deceased Waterloo soldiers. Their teeth were extracted from their mouths and turned into makeshift dentures.
Convulsing Corpses Were Said to Be Possessed
Medieval Christians were convinced that the convulsions corpses experienced after death were the result of demons attempting to partially possess the bodies. So, any corpse that showed these symptoms were discarded without a proper burial.
