How Hygienic Were People In the Past?

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Script:

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

I’ve seen Medieval Villages more clean than my School Toilets so nothing really changed

[@uuoc]

exactly bruh every time I go into a school bathroom the floor is sticky

[@TheTimbs_]

Your home and teeth are definitely cleaner.

[@huhuboiz4193]

I strongly agree👍👍

[@JameaJimea1175]

You’ve seen medieval villages ?

[@MarkCruz911]

Are you a time traveler?

[@Neon-zq5of]

You know..... It's amazing how much more detailed these little animations got over the years.

[@pimplepickerton]

Just like South Park lol

[@NeoGenesis_]

​@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ BOT GET OUT

[@andriaskharumlong3260]

@@NeoGenesis_ Satan scared when heard the name of Jesus . Repent and ye shall be saved .

[@hades1312]

@@andriaskharumlong3260 stop with your bs! If you’re such a believer stay away from the internet, that’s the devils tool to convert all believers into sinners

[@giovannigiorgio2262]

You know..... It's amazing how much more detailed these little animations got over the years.

[@carmensavu5122]

Imagine being in a Roman public toilet wiping yourself with a sponge on a stick and your neighbor says hey can I have that when you're done?

[@invidatauro8922]

9:27 In fairness, a lot of the time bath houses doubled as brothels so that's the issue the church took with them.

[@jdgoesham5381]

And closeted gay dude hookup sites just like they still have today all over the world. It's just not as a secret as it was.

[@manz7860]

​@VHKgameDev there's usually a good reason Today we recognize that's how people get STDs

[@doratheexplorer531]

@@jdgoesham5381?????

[@tomaseire]

The decline of the public baths was due to plague and disease with some baths being a front for brothels, with the outbreak of Venereal Disease, the baths were closed for public health reasons. The public bath closures was led by Protestants and Puritans on moral grounds due to their objection to public nudity.

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

The animation of the dental work was amazing, noticed the upgrade. It's great to see these episodes growing over the years.

[@Wandernerbar]

Speaking of that the powerpoint scene was very accurate, bland, half the staff was there that needed to be there.

[@redred1952]

Sugar and preservatives destroy our teeth.

[@rustynuts89836]

We came a long way as society. To be living in this day and age is a blessing. Even with all the stuff happening in the world right now

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Tell that to the blacks & white liberals.

[@TheSpicyLeg]

From a strictly material point of view, absolutely. My grandfather had compiled copious records of our families (he didn’t just gather the records from his line, by also the matrilineal lines) and upon viewing them, it was startling how many children died in infancy as well as prior to adolescence. At least a third of children died within a year of birth, and another quarter before adolescence. In reality it took about 7 pregnancies to ensure 2 or 3 children living to adolescence. To say nothing of stillbirths or miscarriages, which were not even recorded. That would be a medical catastrophe of the highest order if it happened today. On the other hand, I can’t shake the feeling that they had something we do not. It isn’t anything material, either. As I said, there is zero doubt that our lives are infinitely more materially blessed than theirs. They would be stunned to have a small device in their pocket that retrieved any information at the speed of light, or to see their family’s face from the other side of the planet. It would blow their minds that they could be in London in the morning and Los Angeles in the evening. All true. Yet I can’t help but envy the fondness with which they viewed their family and community. I have a small note in which a teenage girl was excitedly telling her second cousin that she would be taking a wagon the next month to visit a town about 45 minutes away by car. This was a big trip. I drive further than that as a commute. I drive past that town 5 days a week. It would be an errand to go there for me. Yet these girls were so excited to spend the time together. I couldn’t even tell you who my second cousins are, and I can’t remember if I ever met them. I wouldn’t say that I’d want to live in 1840 like my ancestor. But I’m also not sure that I can say my lifestyle and society is better in every way, either. 😊

[@CIintB3ASTW0oD]

​@@TheSpicyLeg a lot of those can be placed at the feet of the doctors who didn't wash their hands before delivering during yhe birth.

[@minervastuckinnwo]

😂😂😂😂😂ok peasant paying 30-50% taxes

[@PastorOfMuppetsVIVIVI]

A blessing? Hahahaha I want to die.

[@brandymcnamee7880]

I always think how awesome it would be to go back in time and live like the ancients did, but then I learn of horrors like the communal butt sponge and...

[@whatsinaname11]

😂 Yes. I remember being told about this whilst walking around Pompeii! 🥴

[@TheBaileyandashlyn]

I'm sorry, what????

[@fustercluck2460]

​@@TheBaileyandashlyn imagine a toilet brush but instead of bristles it was a sponge, and instead of cleaning the toilets you used it on your bum, and it goes back into the pot for the next person 🤢

[@franny5295]

​@@fustercluck2460Dang... that's just nasty...

[@MontymoleThe10080TH]

@@franny5295pov: Your but sponge has just been used by somone with diarrhea 😵😵😵😵😵

[@Nerathul1]

So the Saurkraut actually worked, the problem is that Sailors refused to eat them finding it inedible, but those few ships were it was accepted didn't struggle with scurvy.

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

And the sailors who ate the food were usually Americans and Germans, while those who didn't were usually of English and Spanish stock, which is why Both Germans and Americans took to calling them limeys as a slur

[@blackraven8841]

@@tedhubertcrusio372 aways Americans who will eat anything to have something to brag about. Me, an American, yea I agree.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@tedhubertcrusio372 that's crazy

[@misterNo0b199]

@@tedhubertcrusio372 Ok, now that's a reach

[@shadowcween7890]

​@@tedhubertcrusio372 The age old question: What did people who didn't eat limes use to fight off scurvy?

[@jerrimenard3092]

Can this be played on a constant loop at gaming conventions? Some of those guys think changing a shirt is enough to keep them from smelling. It's important that they wash before touching controllers so others don't get sick.

[@tateranus4365]

Ill see if i can get Excalibur games to pass it up the chain (they are owned by a corporation)

[@jacknasty6940]

Eewww

[@TheSnoopyclone]

Lol, it’s not just gaming conventions. It’s all convention, even comic con. Lol

[@droppeddogs]

Gamers are truly the most oppressed group in all of history

[@bennetterfield5720]

As far as I know, before watching this video, cleanliness was better than many suggest

[@breadwayy]

Thank you for making these videos, I feel like I learn more from this channel than my actual history class.

[@Memezy]

That’s because you intentionally clicked on this video because you wanted to learn rather than having to learn in class

[@breadwayy]

@@Memezy I see these videos on my recommended and personally I cannot focus in class so these videos help me.

[@austinhawkins1443]

@@breadwayywhat because your in a 6th grade geography-esque class and your not supposed to learn about US history yet?

[@breadwayy]

@@austinhawkins1443 I'm in highschool, I'm just saying I like one on one learning better than one teacher and 20+ students all asking questions.

[@austinhawkins1443]

@@breadwayy I totally understand that

[@AnthonyRusso93]

One thing about scurvy was that originally it was believed acidity in general was the cure to scurvy rather than the specific ascorbic acid vitamin C that is why oil of vitriol was tried it was way more shelf stable and it is extremely acidic it is sulfuric acid after all later they got closer but they thought citric acid was the key fortunately they come together in fruit but eventually found limes didn't work as well as lemons and oranges despite being more acidic

[@RockandrollNegro]

Are you afraid of punctuation, or are you just ignorant?

[@jujujupiter]

Wow, all those words and no punctuation.

[@Chumblybum]

Nothing like full eye contact with a stranger while grunting out a huge crap. And it’s important you grab their hand and intensely say “Doody”

[@--Skip--]

Their lack of hygiene can't compare to a local convenience store 's toilet.

[@supraguy4694]

I love that going into sewers to find treasure was once a job, since Charlie and Frank just do it for fun 😂

[@Donny_Double_Dip]

You think this is tv show?! You don’t know answers!!

[@SantaClaus-kk8zr]

@@Donny_Double_DipSomeone come get Grandpa he’s having a psychosis break again

[@TheBarracuda]

19:53 wort isn't a by-product of brewing, it's much closer to the main ingredient. If you add yeast to wort and allow it to ferment then you get beer.

[@adamMmcnally]

Big fan of the longer videos 👍🏼

[@FirstLast-di5sr]

The animations just keep getting better and better

[@mrfancypanzer549]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the evil baguette man at 3:27?

[@ddwkc]

It would be cool to see different hygiene practice across the world like the steppes, North Africa, Middle East, East Asia, and so on.

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

I can recall some if you like Romans had baths and a special routine they would coat themselves in oil, then put on coarse sand, Then scrape it off with a sharp tool The Japanese had hot baths they still do And English jumped in a lake with a bucket of herbs

[@effingcool1780]

I get the feeling that Middle east and East asians were very hygienic. Steppe people probably got little to no plague and mass illnesses because they lived scattered from each other. No huge settlement and cities. It was probably different when they united and atracked other countries. ( Mongols had a hard time fighting with Vietnam and India because of this unknown hot humid climate illnesses)

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

@@effingcool1780 I don't think it's hygiene... it's just very quick

[@GamerWien]

​@@effingcool1780They only had a higher chance of down sydrom but not more lol

[@effingcool1780]

@@GamerWien i don't think those with down syndrome survived in the middle ages to be honest. Infant mortality rate was already so high also people probably "sent back" the babies born with any kind of deformation.

[@cannonball666]

"I wipe my azz with a sea sponge on a stick" "Dude, that's awesome. I have to use straw"

[@ndhart3213]

"You guys don't have bidets?"

[@TNJY]

If the Bubonic Plague says anything, it proves how clean people were back then.

[@DIGITAL-JESUS]

Your comment is not logical

[@187Blondie]

@@DIGITAL-JESUS he means people must have been awfully unhygienic back in the day.

[@bradsanders407]

You do know that fleas are still a thing right?

[@RebelWvlf]

@@bradsanders407 fleas still exist, except that nowadays there is a vaccine against the plague, sewage system and people's hygiene are more developed and there is plenty of bug spray to buy.

[@GermanSwordMaster]

Yeah. Because pandemics arent a thing anym... Wait a sec.

[@theprogramshow8816]

I hit like already. I'm watching this whole video. I might even share it! Thanks for posting!

[@jaybee6505]

Here's a pro tip from a old grunt. Avon skin do soft is the best bug repellant on planet earth. It works as well in jungles of Panama as it does in the great north woods.

[@Read..Matthew-11..28]

What is it called?

[@Yourmomma92]

Facts!!! My dad (usmc) swore by it

[@leerush6978]

​@@Read..Matthew-11..28 Skin So Soft by Avon

[@lacitykid9224]

Thank you for this old timer

[@user-qt2jj2wx6i]

People are gonna make one of these about our hygiene rn in the future

[@karenmindock1898]

Still ain’t as musty as the school bathrooms, you can get a whole new disease never seen before from those

[@jake9854]

but girls love the school bathroom tho

[@russellwilliams4317]

I now understand why SH has 4+million subscribers. Amazing and VERY educational content, ty!

[@original_name9869]

When I think of the past I think of a horrible smell, war and terrible hygiene

[@upnorthhavingfun6619]

I never knew how nasty a public restrooms were until I had to clean the woman's restroom.

[@LatinW321]

@@upnorthhavingfun6619try a school one

[@RebelWvlf]

Also church back then was being basically dictatorship and people were killed for the most absurd of things.

[@krono5el]

only on one half of the planet, the other had long clean hair, clean water, and food till the unexpected arrival of plague people.

[@CriminalizeObesity]

@@krono5el This wasn't the case on either side of the world.

[@chuckmiester2698]

Love the content

[@leeroyslikk9834]

Being someone who loves history, and posseses a juvenile sense of humor; I declare this THE perfect video.

[@iAmGio91]

Me: it’s 3AM i should sleep. KZbin: would you like to know how hygienic were people in the past?

[@el_chico1313]

we are all lonely together

[@jacobmnichowski7563]

As a historian who washes his hands like 100 times a day, I can tell you that people from the past were not very clean

[@tylerdurden7869]

Hopefully not really

[@wolfmantroy6601]

It sounds like you may have OCD.

[@zahraabdullah4154]

Muslims were cleaner than Christians that's why they survived the Black death

[@Donny_Double_Dip]

You don’t know that bruh. Stop the 🧢

[@meoff7602]

​@@Donny_Double_DipYes we do. It's a simple matter of availability. They just didn't have it.

[@Kriegmann45]

I used baby wypes during my service , works better than anything else but a shower

[@maplesyrup6052]

Use a peri bottle filled with water to clean yourself after using the bathroom, it works great!

[@clashoclan3371]

Disgusting if you're a woman

[@googler6657]

Hey man I love your videos keep it up man have a wonderful day?

[@smthone]

The Roman's engineering was so impressive. Over 1000yrs ahead of it's time.

[@brandon080693]

It wasn’t ahead of time at all -

[@smthone]

@@brandon080693 How so? Lol. Running water, heated water (Indoor plumbing), well established system of roads.

[@dannygolp7667]

I agree, it was one of the, if not the most modern society in ancient times. They even mechanical statues that dispensed wine, like a vending machine. Truly a smart society

[@spandandas2521]

Even before the harappan civilisation Indus Valley India subcontinent were much more way ahead in comparison to europeans

[@johnfox1991]

@@spandandas2521 cite the achievement and the date

[@CaptainJackSparrowSavvy]

hard to believe how great the animation has become!

[@RJ28753]

Very true

[@kadennewhart9034]

This video was great u need to make longer videos I fr zoned in

[@phettywappharmaceuticalsll8842]

I wish I could explain the difference in graphics between here and infographics …they’re very distinct with different vibes but love them both

[@eu29lex16]

People actually liked being clean, we even see in animals like rats that love to wash and scrub their body if you give them water, but the problem was always about having the means to get clean.

[@redrustyhill2]

The "royals" had the means but the vicorian age was ruled by inbred knaves who were worse than animals

[@Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang]

Very true. Especially if it becomes a routine, it's tough

[@stellachimpson]

Furthermore, we didn’t even know really what was making us not clean (bacteria dirt and viruses etc) so we didn’t know what we even needed actually to be safe

[@rotarypower956]

Lol the overcoat baguette character made me crack up

[@Ghett0Star77]

Lol, Alexander thought beards are easy to grab while walking with that Rapunzel hair...

[@fufuisgreat5376]

How about Ancient Egyptian or Viking hygiene

[@krono5el]

all of them were the kings of lice and ticks, they all lived with rats and pigs. super gross

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

I for one miss the intimacy of sharing a communal toilet. Everyone got to know each other.

[@christianflores3437]

We need bathhouses

[@corrupt1user]

If you leave the stall door open every public bathroom is communal.

[@WesgVick]

I am Nurgle and approve this post!!

[@piercethroughheart5700]

​@@WesgVick Yes Inquisitor!! this man right here.

[@jmadera_6]

Everyone got to know each other *on* the pot

[@chocoman45]

Actually Roman Toilets weren't actually so communal. They discovered that the indent of the walls were used for dividers. So it was more a stall.

[@droppeddogs]

Communal means the community used it

[@rasputin2k851]

​@droppeddogs not explicitly, it could also mean they used it together, not just individually

[@thomasschwab1727]

Thankfully, we don't have to worry about toilet safety since the government created the TSA. Only slight annoyance from a portly lady saying," I gots to check ya azzhole.

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Right....

[@Soccer_King141]

simple histories video are so action pact keep the good work up

[@lonniemcclure4538]

3:09 - What was the tape on the foot soles for? Is it a method of preventing blisters?

[@noahjwhite]

It’s probably moleskin tape. If so, yes, that’s for bisters.

[@lonelylad9818]

The fact that the casualties caused by diseases halved within four years between 1999 and 2003 is impressive

[@avrajsagoo5372]

Yes and nappies and cleaning hands were with newspapers also to keep warm

[@kenhammscousin4716]

22:35 ok you made him look like a bully shoving a lemon down the man's throat lmao

[@baronvonjo1929]

Find it so bizarre how fragile us humans are compared to animals when it comes to hygiene.

[@egis4500]

I think its mostly cuz of how many of us is there. If its few its easy to clean.

[@skatingclaybird]

That dentist scene was fire 🔥 🎉

[@atticusspontaneous]

So much knowledge!!

[@AutonomousVII]

7:26 about fifteen years ago cat holes and straddle trenches were all the rage for my company lol. We didn’t have the luxury of ports potties.

[@erikaarnold4780]

Those soldiers were probably in too poor health to worry about their hygiene…which is a vicious cycle…

[@Sandi_shores_lands_fish]

Indeed l, what's worse is you get used to your own smell... then You get annoyed the first time after a while of using the shower... it's cold and you need to do a lot of scrubbing...

[@Waylannder]

Awesome video! 👍👍

[@saber2802]

I wonder if the water that ran in front was for watching the sponge on a stick before use.

[@khairulhelmihashim2510]

anything is not considered unhygienic until the society adopt a better hygiene standards.

[@Donny_Double_Dip]

Bro that is deep!

[@cherryrue89]

Let’s remember this only happened in Europe and some still didn’t learn.

[@Andris-ml4oo]

You sure about that?

[@cherryrue89]

@@Andris-ml4oo yep pretty sure or where ever they went

[@herogibson]

The back alley bread salesman with the trench coat had me dead

[@Daoneandonlyques]

Prepares for battle *casually breaks neck to speak behind him

[@beebrian1944]

I can’t believe I’m watching this right now.

[@MishMash22]

My biggest gripe is how people still think using toilet paper alone is hygienic. It’s the single most grossest thing on this planet. People need to use water too. Imagine all those people walking through the street after only ‘wiping’. It’s even more gruesome when you think of the thong type underwear that women like to wear.

[@mikewhite8848]

Exactly, even as a kid I knew wiping yourself with flimsy toilet paper was not the solution. It's like trying to clean a sweatshirt full of mud with napkins. As I grew up I started cleaning myself with wet wipes or sometimes even taking a shower and switching underwear. I tell people all the time. If you use the bathroom to pee and poo a few times you are essentially dirty a that point regardless if you showered earlier that day.

[@MishMash22]

@@mikewhite8848 glad I’m not the only one who thinks like this 🙏

[@kingartison]

I really really like this channel

[@D-me-dream-smp]

We may marvel at all the amazing technological advances we have available to us now yet I never forget to be truly appreciative for the luxury of having instant access to clean potable water, sewage systems that immediately carry our waste away and sanitation services that regularly remove rubbish.

[@lioy3825]

This solely applies to Europeans who were later taught hygiene and sanitation by the moors from Africa who were in a golden age during europes dark age.

[@Andris-ml4oo]

The stupidity of African nationalists never ceases to amaze me.

[@trygveblacktiger597]

People have always sought to be clean, i mean amoung finds from all over Europe hygenic utensils like combs,ear cleaners and stuch are very common finds. And it wasnt just amoung the romans and the like some finds and depictorial evidence seems to suggest it was important for the proto German tribes of central europe. With a pot with a bust with a man having a "suebi" knot being found. And skull with the know being recovered from a bog in Denmark.

[@alanroberson9749]

Very good job fellows throughout the 5th week of said March!! Bravo y'all. Did they used electronic razors during the medieval ages?

[@drumlion2005]

And this is why the military emphasizes staying current on your MEDPROS

[@lancez0311]

In the Marines, we would shame individuals who were lacking good oral hygiene skills by calling them “Yuck mouths”. An unhygienic Marine is a liability to his brothers

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

[@jaxseneagle9738]

Hi love your vids

[@picejumbo]

"So fresh, so clean" :))

[@aetius7139]

Contrary to what people think. Medieval people do have concept of hygiene. They bathe when they can. Its just that bathing is really a luxury back in the day. And using rivers to bathe is not a good idea because they often dump their poo in the river. Plumbing was not a thing until at least late victorian era.

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

FUN FACT; In the 17th century Thomas Malden escaped from the condemned cell at Newgate Prison by climbing down the toilet and into the sewers. When he got down there were human remains of 2 men who had attempted it before him. He was pursued by guards, hid overnight & resurfaced through a toilet near St Paul's Cathedral. When ya gotta go, ya gotta go ...

[@lilseansolo9678]

I’m pretty sure there was a hamburger hill reference during the brushing part

[@matthewbesson5367]

I recall a toothbrushing scene from Hamburger Hill. Brutal.

[@petercreed2471]

Props to the animator's stomach of steel

[@jarheadjared2568]

Scurvy has nothing to do with hygiene, its malnutrition.

[@martinventer512]

Nice vid

[@Daniel-fe1uj]

Why is it that every skeleton we see of ancients? The teeth are always intact?

[@fredorico41]

Funny how they mentioned Roman sewers still being used, but in the middle ages they were more backwards than the Romans.

[@bloodysimile4893]

Because they revert to their ways of life before they were conquered by Romans.

[@poil8351]

varried depending on where and when, some places were much more hygienic than others.

[@user-dr5yw8mr9g]

16:25 just watched this episode and I started reducing my food regime to 2 meals a day in short quantity couldn't eat much this days

[@livsmitty]

I have had a deep fear of toilets since I was a child. I must have died by toilet in a past life.

[@90sushanta]

Water is the best to use… also the daily used part needs to be washed … India was blessed with water … plz try washing with water.. u will feel heaven

[@tankman20064]

The water with dead corpse😂😂😂😂

[@GamerWien]

​@@tankman20064Muhhh

[@jasonmccallop6605]

Europeans have never really been all that keen on hygiene

[@locoardilla8084]

Thats not true. They say the average frenchman goes through three whole bars of soap in a lifetime.

[@jesseedneyful]

William the Conqueror A.K.A Humpty Dumpty. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men COULDNT PUT HIM TOGETHER AGAIN. The Wall was william's horse's name.

[@calebrodriguez4654]

I will say the us military still uses cat holes inside the us. I've done it many times as this was usually the only option depending on the training we were doing.

[@WookieWoman]

What do you mean "usually"? I was in the Marines for 8 years during OIF/OEF and there were ALWAYS porta-johns at camp during training exercises. The only reason to use a cat hole was if you had an emergency during movement in the field.

[@tateranus4365]

In my opinion it is fine if you are just making camp for a night or 2, i have no military experience but if a war broke out i would join in a heartbeat, probably as a medic, i might not have much upper body strength but my legs are pure muscle, it is nearly impossible to find boot socks that fit if that tells you anything, i also know a lot about medicine, (my mom was a nurse for 27 years, I saw my dad get injured more than once), probably the worst i saw was when he drilled right through his finger and then reversed it out (which was actually a mistake), he then grabbed a wrag and some horse meds (they were basically rubbing alcohol) which he dumped on the wound, he later said that was the worst pain in his life. I also am a natural with guns (i once kept pace on the range with a family member who was ex military despite the fact that i have no formal training or previous experience with either of the guns he brought), I also have some experience with explosives and situational awareness is second nature to me, yes i would lose in a fistfight with just about anyone but if you count hand to hand combat with weapons it is a different story, i know how to throw a tomahawk and knife (never tried to throw a spear), i also know how to track many animals and humans. I just now got home from tracking down my dog, i had to go through waist high grass too difficult for a quad and then track him for a few hundred yards on partially finished quad trails and i was barefoot (to be fair I have walked a lot farther without shoes but this is one of the longest and was made worse by the terrain), if this had been about 5 years ago i could've got my dad to drop off the quad for me but with him dead i am the only one that lives in my house and can ride a quad (if it were a different design like the one one of my relatives uses for logging... at least on the rare occasion it is working, she probably could get on it but still it would be a problem because the shed we keep the quad in is on the other side of the yard and it is rather sketchy to get a quad in or out of the shed because it doesn't have a ramp and the scrub trees we are using as a ramp similar to how the ancient Egyptians moved the stones to build the pyramids, have a tendency to dig themselves into the sandy soil where I live, also i have nearly destroyed one wall of the shed a few times) the really tall grass would not be easy on the quad, I'd probably put it in 1st gear not 3rd or 4th like when I'm cruising at a totally safe 30+ mph offroad, also while there is a lot of quad trails behind my house these are either new ones or ones i have not seen in about a decade and was too small to remember. For some reason i have no problems navigating the quad trails off memory that is sometimes years old, i struggle to navigate a car.

[@user-ro9bo8ox8n]

@@tateranus4365whoa schitzo post

[@FINNIUSORION]

There's thousands of records and accounts from British monistary's, churches, ect speaking of adultery around the time the first vikings started settling in Britain. The native British woman were leaving and cheating on their native husband's with the newly arrived Scandinavians. They were extremely attracted to them because it was common standard to do things like bathing weekly, brushing their hair and teeth and even using herbs as deodorant and perfume. These things were somewhat standard for the noble classes but fairly rare for among commoners. Surprisingly the churches and local governments very often ruled in favor of the woman when the issue was brought to attention for judgment. This forced hygiene standards in Britain. I bet most people don't understand how much of an impact the vikings had all over the world. Another little known fact is in most of medieval Europe a husband or wife could seek and likely get a divorce if their spouse was failing to fulfill their more carnal needs..within reason. So if you're husband or wife isn't putting our regularly that's legal grounds for divorce.

[@krono5el]

well the world isnt only the eastern hemisphere. the western hemisphere before 1500ce was some of the most hygienic people according to all the first hand accounts and had no european diseases and plagues, besides maybe the people from Harrapan who also prioritized clean water.

[@civilengineer3349]

Thousands?

[@FINNIUSORION]

@@civilengineer3349 yes. It comes after hundreds.

[@civilengineer3349]

@@FINNIUSORION Where can I find these "thousands" of records you claim there are?

[@FINNIUSORION]

@@civilengineer3349 try googling it. There's a few sites

[@jr1088]

William was apparently the world’s first infinifat

[@OwningDDS]

I must say the music is amazing

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

Part of maturing is stopping wanting to live in an era with smallpox and without personal hygiene products.

[@RAN20097]

All I can say I'm glad that we have modern sanatzion.

[@krxze8832]

love the voice of the narrator 😌

[@panfrmdaf]

If my history teacher would’ve showed me these kind of informational videos I would’ve liked school 😂

[@WildBillCox13]

Consider Alexander's possible motives. If your men are suddenly clean shaven and the enemy's men are not, then it's far easier to separate friend from foe in the chaos of a hoplite style battle. I am suggesting that standardization was so rare that identifying which or whose formation you were looking at across the field might be very tricky. Smoke, dust, confusion of a broken line or incursion, liars among the foemen; all could obfuscate the issue. Or, if your enemy is known for respect or protection of or fascination for "beardless youths", it could be simple bait and switch. Maybe the enemy killed adult men and kept the boys for slaves. That might make them hesitate and those who hesitate are lost.

[@user-fn9cb7jg3p]

No it was to avoid "beard tugging" in combat

[@TNJY]

Anything is cleaner than the boys bathroom in high school, though.

[@wolfmantroy6601]

You must be young enough that you've never been into the girls bathroom.

[@blizzlichd1338]

37:40 i didnt know that snake knew so much about plague doctors

[@nancyjones6780]

Portable water or potable water?