Everyone loves to romanticize the roaring twenties, but some not-so-cute things have been lost to history.

One example is this mass marketed health tonic that claimed to cure everything from flatulence to cancer. It was tasteless, odorless and colorless and could cure anything that ailed you! The only downside? It was literally poison.

Those who chose to imbibe in this liquid miracle down at their local pharmacy were soon met with the horrifying side effects of radium poisoning like dental lesions and jaw disintegration. Long term consumers were ultimately met with premature death. 

What health tonics do you use today and do you think they will be scoffed at in the next 100 years? Personally, you can pry my melatonin from my cold, dead fingers.

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