48 Items from the Depths of History That Seem Quite Strange to Us Now

This object might look like a fun toy at first glance, but it’s definitely not for children. This thing is an old drug identification kit that was used to train customs officials. You know, in case anyone needed guidance on what certain illegal substances looked like in real life. The real question is whether these “samples” were real substances or just fake mock-ups. 

We can’t help but notice that one of the plastic boxes on the bottom left-hand side is torn open. Whoops. Someone must have wanted to try out some samples. For scientific purposes, of course. Sure, the kit says these are all “facsimiles.” But you don’t know until you try, right?