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(#4) The Medieval Era Had Its Own Version Of 'The Purge'
From Redditor u/bort-thrillho:
TIL of the 'Ill Week' - a kind of late medieval version of the Purge. When Elizabeth I died there was a popular belief that the laws of a kingdom were suspended between the death of a sovereign and the proclamation of the successor.
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(#11) Medieval Scribes Were Creative In The Margins
From Redditor u/Tokyono:
TIL: Medieval scribes would frequently scribble complaints in the margins of books as they copied them, as their work was so tedious. Recorded complaints range from “As the harbor is welcome to the sailor, so is the last line to the scribe,” to “Oh, my hand,” and, "A curse on thee, O pen!"
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(#12) Why A Baker's Dozen Is 13
From Redditor u/froyoboyz:
TIL that a bakers dozen is comprised of 13 because in medieval England there were laws that related the price of bread to the price of the wheat used to make it. Bakers caught cheating customers by overpricing undersized loaves were punished. For fear of coming up short, they would throw in extra.
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(#8) The North Pole Was A Complete Mystery To Medieval Cartographers
From Redditor u/I_Do_Not_Abbreviate:
TIL late medieval and early modern European cartographers believed that compasses consistently pointed North because there was a massive, perfectly circular island made of naturally-magnetic black rock at the North Pole.
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(#1) How Quickly Meat Rots When Left Out Indicates How Clean The Air Is
From Redditor u/LilSmore:
TIL when the medieval scholar Rhazes was tasked with choosing the location of a new hospital in Baghdad, he hung meat at points around the city, and chose the location where it rotted the slowest.
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(#7) Medieval Dentistry Was Surprisingly Advanced
From Redditor u/Tokyono:
TIL that medieval dentists knew how to fill cavities, treat facial fractures, could spot oral cancer, and even knew the basics of whitening teeth. Evidence also suggests they knew how to create dentures out of cow bone and human teeth.
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The Middle Ages is considered to be one of the darkest periods in European history. Frequent wars, the imprisonment of the Catholic Church, the stagnant development of technology and productivity, and diseases are all causes of many problems. But the Middle Ages is also a very interesting historical period, and most people don't know enough about it.
This is a period of relatively slow development in the history of European civilization, and society and minds were accelerating the transformation. In fact, there are many disputes about the Middle Ages. The random tool explains 15 interesting facts about the Middle Ages that most people did not know.
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