Mary Toft: The Woman Who Fooled 18th-Century Doctors by ‘Giving Birth’ to Rabbits”

In 1726, Mary Toft, an unassuming English woman, convinced some of the most esteemed medical minds of her day that she was giving birth to rabbits. Yes, rabbits. This bizarre and grotesque hoax unfolded in an era where science and superstition shared the same dinner table, and "trust me, I’m a doctor" carried a very different weight. What began as a small-town oddity escalated into an international scandal, making fools of King George I’s royal physicians and leaving the medical community red-faced (and likely checking underbeds for stray bunnies).