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The absolute worst baggage handler in royal history. While fleeing across a tidal estuary known as the Wash, the king miscalculated the incoming tide, and his…
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The graceful dip performed for royalty started as an exaggerated shrinking motion to make oneself look as physically small and non-threatening as humanly…
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Kings and queens routinely committed to lifelong unions with people they had never met, forcing random ambassadors to stand in at the altar so the monarchs…
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In 17th-century European courts, the ultimate VIP ticket wasn't a party—it was standing in a crowded bedroom watching the king get out of bed, put on a shirt,…
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If you were truly important, your internal parts were chopped out and sent to a fancy cathedral while the rest of your corpse was buried safely back home.
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If you thought modern political stunts were weird, you clearly haven't looked into ancient agricultural subsidies. Egyptian mythology held that the god Atum…
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