In the 1600s, baked goods made with flour and urine were believed to ward off evil

Atlas Obscura has a weirdly fun piece about "witch cakes," a popular baked good from the 1600s. As it turns out, the Salem Witch Trials were not, uhhh, taking the piss:

The origins of the tragic trials lay within Reverend Samuel Parris's own home.

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