Forget Tide Pods, Try the Strychnine Challenge!

 

If you think the phenomenon of young people ingesting potentially dangerous substances for fun is a modern consequence of social media, think again. Long before the Tide Pod Challenge, the Benadryl Challenge and the Paqui Carolina Reaper One Chip Challenge, young folks were swallowing strychnine pills... just for the fun of it. The following article is from the August 3, 1884, issue of The Philadelphia Times.