DAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO: do you know where belladonna got its name?

Well, in the 1500s, big dilated pupils were considered very attractive, so the #deadlynightshade plant was used in eye drops to acquire this fashionable bewitching look – hence the nickname “bella donna”, Italian for “beautiful woman 💅 (prolonged use often resulted in blindness, however… fashion was a cruel mistress then and now…)