stackyFACTSEvery generation needs something trivial to panic over. In the eighteenth century, society was convinced that reading fictional stories would completely destroy the delicate brains of young women, filling their heads with unrealistic romantic fantasies.
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During winter festivals, communities would crown the absolute most ridiculous local to gleefully mock the nobility and command a series of absurd public games.
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Contrary to the widespread myth that everyone was permanently filthy, medieval bathhouses were hugely popular, steamy social hangouts.
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When the holiday was proposed, men absolutely hated it. They openly ridiculed the idea, assuming it was just a flimsy, transparent retail scam designed to…
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You didn't just quickly hop in the shower; you sat in a giant wooden vat with ten of your neighbors to heavily gossip about the village.
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How do you prove someone copied your massive list of words? You just lie. Lexicographers would deliberately invent entirely meaningless words and sneak them…
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Because holding a pencil differently was apparently a sign of deep moral failing. Educators used to aggressively force left-handed children to write with…
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