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“Many jokes or puzzles were posed… What is the cleanest leaf among all other leaves? The holly leaf, for nobody will wipe his arse with it.”
Comedic BARS. 🤣

“So men were inclined, and able, to break into Latin when addressing one another.”
Okay; first, let’s bring this back.

“Of two men in close alliance it was written that ‘singuli caccant uno ano’ or ‘they shit out of the same arse.’”

“The doctor would taste the blood of his patient. Healthy blood was slightly sweet.”
RFK Jr. must NEVER find out about this.

the casual misogyny in the way historical women are discussed is quite uncomfortable. why do we spend pages and pages on henry ii's motivations but practically call empress matilda everything but a bitch. she was literally the only legitimate claimant to the throne UGHHH maybe i'm too much of a hater for nonfiction for a popular audience but this is starting to really irk me 😭

how have we as a society not moved on from not understanding that life expectancy not adjusted for infant mortality is a useless statistic