Life in the 16th Century wasn’t just torrid romance and flouncy dresses. It was full of terrible plagues, regicide and creepy all knowing seers.
Upon realizing that people took one bath yearly
This is why marriages traditionally take place in June (the yearly bath was in May) and why brides carry bouquets to hide the smell.
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Also, still no plumbing
You had cess-pits which often overflowed and were so dangerous that night soil men actually drowned in them. As immortalized by Samuel Pepys: "Going down to my cellar...I put my feet into a great heap of turds, by which I find that Mr. Turner's house of office is full and comes into my cellar."
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When told that the only reason you have a nice bed is to keep things from falling on you
Since roofs were thatched, stuff fall through. Hence the need for canopy beds.
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That you live in world where 90% of the populace is vegetarian
Hey, meat is expensive
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