Ever taken medical advice from a cigarette commercial? There was a time when any and all "cures" could be sold to the public indiscriminately. Dive into a world where animal skin could replace your own, where doctors gave coffee enemas, and a world of heroin-laced cough syrup, and electric shocks for male performance, from a time when Americans were all too happy to buy a miracle...and boy did we pay for it.

The modern concept of "extreme sports" is a product of marketing, but back in the old days, the rules (or lack thereof) of our nation's sports made them truly extreme. From bone-crushing football and deadly baseball games to wild events like auto polo and aerial golf, it's a thrilling look at the chaotic roots of the games we love today, and the ones that were so extreme we'll never see again.

Exploding cars and blimp disasters to kids sent through the mail and doomed personal helicopters, the past is packed with jaw-dropping travel tales and the remarkable misfires that paved the road to modern transportation.

Snack on a feast of food horrors from the past: from radioactive energy drinks, to scandalous snacks made with Olestra, to the appalling additives in your milk and bread, we uncover the incredible things people once ate without a second thought that can only mean one thing: you'll never look at your next bite the same way again.