Hygiene practices from another era, far from being clean

Corpses Soaked in Honey Were Eaten for Healing

Back in the day, there was this wild practice called “mellification” where they’d dunk bodies in honey for decades. After, like, a hundred years or so, the preserved corpse was thought to turn into some kind of medicinal candy.

Yeah, some folks actually believed that eating this “honey human candy” could cure ailments or fix broken bones. Even with all the fancy modern medicine we have now, it’s kinda hard to wrap your head around the fact that such a bonkers idea ever existed.