Terrifying Details of Life in Royal Palaces That Will Stun You

Into the Streets

Once the chamber pot was filled, there was no flushing mechanism to wash it all away. Instead, people would just kind of leave it anywhere. Not only that, but they wouldn't confine themselves purely to the toilet either. People relieved themselves in hallways, staircases, even on the street. 

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The More You Know

  • In 1945, Dwight D. Eisenhower predicted that people would try to dispel the holocaust as a falsehood, and ordered all possible photographs taken of the Nazi crimes to hinder any such attempts.
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  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
  • A single dollar bill costs 5 cents to make.
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