For some weird reason some people seem to think that Europeans didn’t care about personal hygiene till relatively recently, others even believe that Europeans never bathed or washed and still don’t.Yes, I’m serious, there are really folks out there who believe this. So on this page I’m going to simply collect a list of links … More History of personal hygiene in Europe

On the 29th of May 1969 a young student called Bruce Baruch Mayrock set himself on fire on the lawn of the United Nations headquarters in New York.A sign he left on the grass said: “You must stop genocide – please save 9 million Biafrans.” and “Peace is where there is an absence of fear … More This is not Bruce Mayrock

This story has been quite popular on social media for a while now but is there any truth to it?Here is the claim with the picture most often accompanying it: For starters the story makes little sense.Husbands tend to notice when they keep feeling a bit under the weather after each breakfast, don’t ask me … More NOT medieval women poisoning their husbands

Most people know that the Romans had sewers to transport waste out of their cities and towns.But what is relatively unknown is that these didn’t abruptly vanish when the Roman Empire slowly withdrew, people continued to find ways to get rid of their filth away from where they lived during the middle ages. Because not … More List of medieval towns/villages/cities with sewer systems

Most people know that the Romans used aqueducts and such to transport water into their cities and towns.But what is relatively unknown is that this didn’t abruptly stop when the Roman Empire slowly withdrew, people continued to find ways to get water brought to where they lived and worked though conduits, canals, pipes but even … More List of medieval towns/villages/cities with water supply systems