What French Revolution Hygiene Was Like

[@veditakapoor9698]

No wonder french perfumes are so good...

[@altaccount80]

@Lawtrina Kerkula wtf too many essay

[@BoskiM]

@Lawtrina Kerkula wow long list but confirmed what I already knew

[@mike04574]

Lawtrina Kerkula dopehead

[@blairs626]

@@mike04574 ~Thank you

[@blairs626]

@Lawtrina Kerkula ~You can't just go around accusing ppl of horrific crimes like that, without any actual evidence.. Not saying all those ppl are innocent, bc they are not. But you cant just go around throwing out any bullshit you want. Well, you can, but it makes You look crazy

[@jpoponiak]

This whole century smells like a middle school

[@kristinadelfierro1320]

LOL 😂

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

@Lawtrina Kerkula Keep pasting this comment on as many videos as possible.

[@justinakers3196]

Without the axe body spray

[@archangel5627]

Oh man! Middle Schools smell terrible!

[@kristinadelfierro1320]

@Lawtrina Kerkula ?? DM plz

[@dominic.h.3363]

Nobility had worse dental health than the lower classes, because they could afford all the teeth rotting sweets, refined bread, etc. Peasants ate healthier.

[@FeedMeSalt]

Moderation doesnt equal health. But true

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@FeedMeSalt Moderation? That's what nobility had absolutely none of, while peasants literally couldn't afford anything that would rot their teeth. They ate vegetable stews, whole grain bread, things like that.

[@jackhackett80]

@@incometax6526 yea, I think ur right. Had to read that twice lol

[@dominic.h.3363]

@@incometax6526 Nope, physical work still takes its toll, but they definitely ate better. Unprocessed produce in general is always more healthier than processed food, and processing food made it expensive... very, expensive.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

@@dominic.h.3363 But eating the way the nobles did, plus their fashion, did take a toil.

[@jalyn4113]

“Bathing became a political statement” god don’t give America any ideas

[@warplane334]

Jalyn lol

[@lisad1532]

Exactly

[@maireadpower6475]

😁😁

[@JamJam-uk6vo]

HAHAHAHA

[@jonseon5952]

Lol I can just imagine a white haired wrinkled guy on Fox news being like "Own the libtards by shitting yourself"

[@gabyshepherd8855]

Marie Antoinette took a bath on a regularly (though not every day) causing shock at the French court and courtiers having thought this habit was appalling. No wonder she was hatred from the beginning. (As a daughter of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa she grew up with the knowledge that personal cleanliness is something necessary. She also got shocked that there was no bathroom at the French royal palaces -as far as I know)

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

she was doomed from the start. no matter what she did during her reign, they never would have liked and/or accepted her. even if the revolution didn't happen and she remained queen for longer, nothing she could have done would have made up for the fact she was an absolute foreigner in that court. it's unfortunate, really, because i feel as though she could have contributed a lot. she was a smart and clever young woman.

[@gregedgerton3390]

The girl was campaigned, and conspired, against; back-stabbed and framed. She would have been very well advised to listen to her family for one thing. She could have been a little more circumspect and a BIT more demure. But, with a little charity, she was just a kid; under enormous expectations.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

@@gregedgerton3390 she thought life at versailles was ridiculous. the pomp and circumstance, the parade and theater of it all was silly to her. no wonder she acted how she acted. she played the part they wanted her to play, and she did it really well. and then they punished her for it. she was never going to win or thrive there.

[@l_a_u_y8916]

@@k_a_y_l_e_ei would disagree She should followed the guidance of her mother…she was still young and naive and didn’t realize that she had many against her

[@muhammadusmanrafique3517]

I like how the guy isn't too serious

[@JeffersonSteelflexx]

I like you 💗

[@xavierhenriquez2758]

I like it 2, and that makes it more interesting to hear the history😍❤

[@matteaspennachio6547]

Me too

[@alwayschanging5821]

Why take it seriously when it's going to happen over and over again because humans are too stupid to fix this shit

[@katieeckler7543]

Yeah I love this narrator

[@mattfrost628]

I'd like to hear about what the history of Amish Hygiene was & is like today

[@joejoonhoyang]

Pretty much identical I guess.

[@67lilbear]

Probably better than yours...

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@67lilbear can confirm it's likely not. Grew up around them. Boy I got story's.

[@nocturnalflare8457]

@@FeedMeSalt please do share when you have time

[@allygaffney962]

@@FeedMeSalt share!!!

[@aberniteliner]

Man do i feel relieved to love in current era.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

I wouldn't mind loving in either era. Though the ladies back then would have been unbelievably yucky. Anyway, French chicks are hairy. 😏

[@imaEATkitkat]

The French: we need to better hygiene and we have the right to it! Also the French: we'll fix it with mercury and lead

[@allygaffney962]

My day was going horrible, between arguing with my boyfriend and paying on court fines it totally was sucking. Then I see this. Bless you people. This has become my meditation for relaxation

[@chrisa4276]

Ya some videos on youtube def help when im having a bad day

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

Four years later, how’s that going? Are you guys still dating

[@germantennesseean8438]

Imagine finding a secret hallway in Versailles and getting all excited as an Historian just to find dried up turds in every corner

[@meeeka]

You forgot to mention that ALL ladies' underwear was crotchless so that one could simply slide a chamber pot under a dress with a huge side hoop skirt (paniers). Having no crotch made menstrual care really difficult; many women wore "menstrual aprons" which tied around the waist and had several layers of linen and other soft absorbent fabrics in different layers for use. But women didn't menstruate as often then as now; why? Because of childbirth and nursing.

[@bluewolf993]

I had always heard at the time of Louis XIV women didn’t wear any type of underwear at all.

[@allisonmcdonough1]

I showered this morning and I want to shower again just from watching this

[@butterfIyy1]

For some reason I'm always fascinated by these hygiene videos 😆

[@icantthinkofaname15]

Maybe it's trying to tell you something lol

[@Dervraka]

Most people don't realize that things like daily baths and showers and deodorant is really a pretty modern creation. My 93 year old grandmother tells about when she grew up in the 1920's that even then most people only typically bathed once a week (usually Saturday night before church on Sunday). So you can imagine that after working outside with no air conditioning or deodorant of any type for a week, you would be pretty rank by Saturday. Something I find completely unimaginable as I typically take two showers and day, and sometimes three if I go to the gym or mow the lawn.

[@idontthinkso2431]

What about the clothes? Washed daily or...?

[@Dervraka]

@@idontthinkso2431 No, they had dedicated wash day, Wednesday I believe she said it was, because in those days clothes washing was pretty much an all day chore as they had to draw water with the hand pump into a wash basin and use an old washboard with bar soap, then hang them out to dry. Also most people only had three outfits, two for daily life and one dressier only worn to church or other special occaisons, so they typically wore the same clothes for at least two or three days at a time. Now she did say that in the evenings they would get a rag and a wash basin and wash off the dirt from the day, so it's not like they weren't cleaning at all during the week, but still a wet wash cloth can only go so far....

[@JoeBLOWFHB]

Yeah... that's why the Romans built all those Aquaducts and Thermae...so no one would use them.

[@antonisch3861]

Three showers a day sounds too much and taking so many showers might weaken your immune system... One shower a day during summer is enough... On the other hand i doubt that taking three showers would make any difference as most germs in your skin that can be washed away would be removed during the first shower, the rest of germs can not be removed or die so easily just by water and soap... Unless you sweat too much, i mean unless you sweat more than a normal person, then if you sweat that much it would be a good idea to take three showers a day (because bacteria set up colonies in the parts of our skin where we sweat)... So it would only be a good idea to to take three showers a day only if you really really sweat too much...

[@lovelynagrace3303]

Same in Asia it is normal to take bath until 3times a day because of our humid weather .When I study here in the UK,they call me crazy when I shower at least 2 times a day during winter 😂😂

[@saitamabrando2538]

Damn, they're probably stinkier than French cheese

[@riadachkar]

Lawtrina Kerkula stop spamming, you damn bot.

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

@@riadachkar report them as a spammer, it's just Sputnik propaganda, evidence by not having bunker boy on the list.

[@riadachkar]

Anaphylactic Pete yes, my friend. I already reported him.

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

@Lawtrina Kerkula Can you speak in english? I dont speak sputnik schlong gargler nor commie.

[@CelloBen]

Love the choice of music in this video! For those interested: 0:52: Bach - First Prélude from Book 1 of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" 1:34 - The second Prélude from that same book. Not sure what came right after it, so I'll just go with what's played on some of the title cards: 7:08 - Second movement of Beethoven's 8th Piano Sonata, the "Sonata Pathétique" 7:45 - Opening of Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" (originally a piano piece). 8:48 - Händel "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" 11:04 - Händel "Water Music" (Hornpipe) 12:02 - Pachelbel Canon in D, a.k.a. what one hears at nearly every wedding.

[@Orpheus95]

Wow...Thanks. Sure would love to know the music at 2:30 though. 😅

[@CelloBen]

@@Orpheus95 Not sure what it is, and it's pretty hard to hear, but sounds like it could be by Haydn. Has that playful aesthetic to it.

[@Orpheus95]

@@CelloBen Yes... It does. Haydn didn't occur to me, not until you mentioned it. Maybe I should check it out. Thanks for the tip. 👍

[@allenjenkins7947]

10.16: The first drug effective against syphilis was actually arsphenamine ('Salvarsan' or 'Compound 606'). Not as good as penicillin, but it did work.

[@Ryan-qo4pv]

Woww so much history knowledge you have

[@kristinadelfierro1320]

NIOCE!! I Didn't know, and still don't.. but I'ma find out.... (HATED I mean HATED school ironically I am now reading ALL

[@professorsprout3382]

The word arsenic is still in that word so it must have been in it.

[@nikkijaneallison]

HYGIENE is oddly my favorite topic. I feel lucky to be living today!

[@tayloranne18]

Marie Antoinette was actually one of the only people in Versailles that WOULD bathe on the regular. Her bathing practices at the time were more based on German practices (since she was originally Austrian) and that was actually another reason the French people didn’t accept/like her

[@FragBoyStewie]

After listening to Weird History for a week, i feel lucky and thankful AF for living in this century?

[@lynnebunning7273]

Unbelievable, As a child we had tank water, so in time of drought, water was scarces so on a Sunday night it was bath night which consisted of approximately 3inches of water. There would be fight between my 2 siblings & myself who went first. So it was take it in turns going first. The rest of the week was a sponge bath, which was I thought better than the bath. All water was then bucketed to the garden. Same with dish water, no water was wasted. We ended up with two very large tanks which made it better. Thankfully it wasn't long before we were connected to "towns water" but even then during a drought if the dams got low we had to be careful with water consumption. Restrictions on water were strict, gardens could be be watered with a hand held hose for an hour. One day it was even numbers of homes & the next night odd. Even now it is popular to have tanks. The home owner would put up a sign saying Tank Water In Use. So your neighbours & anyone going by did not think you are breaking water restrictions. . We had a "Out House -Dunny, used cut up newspaper as toilet paper. Fennel was used to help with smell. The "Dunny Man" would collect the bins every week & put empty one in its place. We had a game when the Dunny man came we'd have the blinds pulled down & peek to see if he dropped it. As he carried on his shoulders. Not once did he dropped it but we lived in hope he would. My mum would leave 2 bottles of beer at Christmas time. He sure earnt it. Lol. I hope whoever reads this gets a good laugh as I did rembering my past childhood. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺🐨👍🏻

[@emilyrivas7821]

It honestly puts into perspective how privileged I’ve been to not have ever even thought about the idea that there was limited water. In my old house, before the power would go out, we’d fill the bathtub with water for flushing the toilet and brushing our teeth, but that was about it. Honestly makes me feel grateful that I’ve had things so easy

[@allenjenkins7947]

We never had to put up with the dunny cans, as we always seemed to end up with mains sewage or septic tank, although I have often visited friends or relatives with the old thunderboxes.. We have, however, been on tank water and I don't think that there is any Australian that has not been subject to water restrictions of varying severity. I recall a time in Melbourne in the late 60s where we were allowed to water with a bucket (no hoses) for one hour on alternate evenings. We just let our lawn and garden go (they grow back eventually), but we had one neighbour who kept a tap running full on while he and his wife ran around with two buckets each.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

[@indiamarie2952]

This time period was DISGUSTING. Extreme incest, no bathing, no sanitation, no correct disposal of dead bodies etc. idk WHY this time period is so romanticized. This time period was absolutely so grotesque and disgusting.

[@uncoverthetruth8365]

Cuz white people if nothin else Know how to promote themselves as the best Even in obvious untruth

[@lelec90210]

I see why oral sex was so taboo....

[@zulkifligumilang3155]

Looks like french stereotypes for taking perfume instead of bathing seems true

[@billieford9683]

zulkifli gumilang Not true. French people generally smell very good and use nice scents on their persons.

[@Suldan932]

@@billieford9683 it's part of your history wake up.now you are free to take shower

[@kylascorner1124]

I cant imagine how bad their breathe and skin was... the acne must've been INTENSE.

[@bbgovin]

Most of the French people still have a bad breath. I swear 🤦‍♀️

[@kylascorner1124]

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime-El really? I didnt know that, that's actually a cool fact, I wonder what changed?

[@JossueRodriguezPena]

I imagine the narrator is god telling the story of man in a way he couldn’t believe we did all of this lol. Love it!!

[@Suldan932]

It's part of France history..

[@nickisazombie]

love your content!

[@oof2916]

Last time I was this early Marie Antoinette still had her head

[@Michael-tm6vs]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@Mani_Matter]

Best channel. Thank you for uploading

[@clare2401]

Not shocked at any of this. My grandmother was French and I remember going over to see my extended family in 1988. I thought id landed on a different planet. The entire village stank of body odour and they were still shitting in a hole in the ground. At that point I suddenly realised why half her family decided living in a council house in Peckham was preferable to living over there

[@nevermind2394]

I love this guy’s voice over - he is brilliant! This is well done - very entertaining.

[@alexanderortega7754]

This channel is so interesting. Such great work.

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

Chucking a chamber pot out the window was known as "Gardyloo" in Scotland, from the French "Gardez l'eau" or "Watch out for the water!"

[@christopheraliaga-kelly6254]

A visitor to Edinburgh, the Scottish capital noted that, at 10PM, when most of the ordure was chucked out, everyone in the Inn he was staying in, had a twist of brown paper, which they took out and burned. The acrid smoke covering up the smell of effluvia! Putting the 'urgh' into Edinburgh

[@simmyqueen8792]

" Is that why french people named some perfumes au de toilette??🤔"

[@catherinevaz6139]

Yes, but it’s spelled « Eau de toilette ».

[@simmyqueen8792]

@@catherinevaz6139 ooh you right thank you hahah my bad

[@catherinevaz6139]

@xXSuggerSim QueenXx : That’s ok, you’re welcome :) Edit : And yes, you’re right, that’s why we called some perfumes « Eau de toilette ». Because « toilette » means : to clean yourself. So, that « water » was meant to mask the smell of people who didn’t clean themselves back then.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

Poopourri lmfao

[@ad6417]

My grandma called Aarid Xtra Dri spray "instant bath". We still loved her though.

[@emilyjzelaya]

Im 3 mins into this video and doing my hair. So my dog proceeds to let out a fat silent ripe fart. I'm like damn why can I smell this video?!

[@joeshmoe6908]

God this made me die laughing 😂

[@returnofthemack8347]

😅😅😅😂😂

[@sammyt3514]

The deadpan delivery of the narrator makes the often hilarious lines even funnier 😂😂

[@bennichols1113]

They didn't even spray the gillotene blade with sanitizer so anybody could have got covid and died from it!

[@EfikZara]

I love these videos, but I feel that y’all can really benefit from using music that actually fits what you’re talking about. As somebody who has extensive knowledge of the music I’m hearing in this video, it’s a bit disorienting hearing music from a Russian composer in a video about France... or music from German and Italian composers. It’s weird lol. Love the vids but just a thought 😅❤️.

[@princesmaezapanta3191]

Hi what is the title of the music at 9:08? 😊 thank u

[@EfikZara]

@@princesmaezapanta3191 Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by G.F. Handel (from Solomon)

[@VentiVonOsterreich]

no thanks I'd rather play death metal over a baking tutorial

[@ydnas5309]

Shut up

[@johnxina2465]

5:10 I couldn't imagine using a corn cob for that purpose, I believe corn husks were what was used.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

No it was corn cobs, ribbed for our pleasure.

[@johnxina2465]

@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun Amazing

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@@johnxina2465 Feel the Bern

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"What was hygiene like?" *OUI*

[@cranberriesgirlhype8292]

"Thanks uncle Napoleon" 😂cracked me up

[@jasonchen9645]

You have a great show! Thank you for your channel, Please keep this current format.

[@Ryan-qo4pv]

Now we have something to be proud of in 2020 = bathing 😶

[@sbennett2435]

First we have to relearn how to wash our hands against disease (ie Covid).

[@casianneagu5273]

Me:"When are you going to take a bath?" French guy of the 18th century:"QUI"

[@MultiSciGeek]

This makes absolutely no sense: "they were too poor to have a litre of clean water" yet they were somehow able to "douse themselves with expensive perfume." I would really like to know the sources for this video because some of it seems like absolute bs, or in the very least myths or confusion.

[@gemavaliente7675]

Yeah... if they used valid sources, why didnt they cite them? And if dont, where are they taking this info from?

[@MultiSciGeek]

@@gemavaliente7675 Exactly.

[@makaelaischillin]

You can make perfumes without water, you know right?

[@MultiSciGeek]

@@makaelaischillin Dafuq? Who ever said you couldn't? In fact a perfume with water is a bad perfume.

[@jrr7031]

Huh? It happens to this day....its called priorites and trying to keep up with the Jones'. Ever wonder why people can afford the newest iphone and name brand bag.....but cant afford to save for a downpayment on a small townhouse and actually own an asset?

[@watchensee]

Yes, before soap & regular bathing everybody smelled like a mixture of 🐟🧅🧀💩 and morning breath. Of all of the nasty body issues going on I wonder, what was the condition of most people's feet back in olden times? I imagine most everybody probably had athlete's foot, nail fungus, and bone problems.

[@tobsteroyster6026]

It’s quite normal to use your wet hands to wipe your privates. But always make sure to wash with soap and water afterwards and do not shake other peoples hands or inappropriately touch others with the hand you choose. That’s why in some countries it’s inappropriate to wave or shake someone’s hand with your left because many people use their left hand to wipe. In Islam, it’s actually sunnah(something the prophet did and recommended) to wash your privates with water using your left hand after using the restroom and never eat with your left.

[@grapeshot]

I remember when Homer Simpson said he was more of a cologne man.

[@evelynwilliams7526]

Yay! I am early again! Thank you so much for posting a wonderful video!

[@jessicaroberts2304]

Can you make a video on Lafayette's life after the American Revolution?

[@thejudgmentalcat]

You saw "Hamilton" too?

[@johnb3816]

This video was great please tell more and do more like this, maybe longer. It's great to know this stuff. Thanks!

[@videogames956]

Great video. This channel is awesome

[@Ds-hb2lr]

please post more videos about hygiene and daily life/ routines of people through history spanning all societal and wealth classes your videos are great!

[@junfaa]

I can feel my own cleanliness while watching this.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Good one. Me too.

[@brittz1359]

Me: *Slaps a Mercedes sticker on my bidet Also Me: "I'm rich!" LOL

[@ellerain249]

OMG PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE!!!

[@ericachavez3949]

Yes!! I love this channels hygiene videos, I can never watch a period movie without imagining how much they must’ve smelled, especially in kissing/sex scenes lol. It’s fascinated me for so long for some reason.

[@iwrk]

I wonder what people with think of our hygiene habits 100 years from now.

[@howtubeable]

They will view the 20th century as the pinnacle of hygiene. They will mark a rapid decline in the 21st century, thanks to the legacy of the nasty hippies. Western Civilization will be dead by 2120.

[@ShiaGirl18]

3:40 The modern version is Air Wick. I love it!

[@glenndamckinnis9445]

My mother was born in 1921. Her family saved ashes for the time when they would slaughter a hog! When the hog was slaughtered they would save a big part of the hog fat for preserving the meat/ also using salt &;the remainder of fat to make lye soap! I'm so glad that I don't need to use lye soap or preserve my meat by cooking, salting & plunging into rendered fat!

[@JoeBLOWFHB]

The only thing a Frenchman fears more than war is...SOAP!!!

[@JoeBLOWFHB]

It is why they capitulated so fast in WWII....the Nazis threatened them with bathing. Want some real fun look up "List of French Flags" on wikipedia then look at the flag of the Burbon Restoration😆😆😆!!!...😉

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

@@JoeBLOWFHB Not as bad as 2020 or 2019 when bunker boy bravely ran ran away from the French

[@JoeBLOWFHB]

@@anaphylacticpete5788 I didn't know Biden was hiding from the French way back then...what, did he sniif some little French girls? I thought he was just hiding in his basement from Trump because he's convinced Trump is Cornpop back for revenge. I guess he took his clues from Macron hiding from yellow vests...What is it about French people... EVEN THEIR VESTS ARE YELLOW!!! Remember when God Emperor Trump told NATO to pay up and Macron cried like a little girl with a skinned knee and the rest of Europe told him to STFU and get to groveling? "Oh, God Emperor don't leave us undefended...we'll pay" even Erdogan pimp slapped Macron. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the deadbeat countries ponied up 100 billion because the emperor wills it. That's probably why Macron was blowing Putin like he worked for Jeffery Epstein at Bregancon last year...France needs a different abusive boyfriend to protect her. I mean even Obama called them a bunch of "FREERIDERS"

[@AstarionWifey]

Like that spongebob episode 😂

[@mozart8782]

Can you made a video on rise and fall of fashion of wigs

[@gregedgerton3390]

Ask him to do one on the 😱 the aris- tocracy wore. And the dresses. Getting through a door was a problem.

[@DavidAndersonKirk]

I'd really like to see less European-centric videos. The entire continent of Africa has amazing stories of revolution, and I'm sure shining a light on some of the histories there would be quite awesome.

[@maddogtannen6984]

What history ? Spears and huts ?

[@thegreatwarrior7690]

awesome history has stories of big battles an knights and over coming things like the black death. Never heard of Africa doing anything beside being stuck in the dino ages

[@PequenaNoobAmaPudim]

God the answers to this comment are horrible

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Africa's contribution to World History could be covered in one short - 5 minutes ? - video . Ditto : the contribution of so called " first " or indigenous peoples in Canada / Aus / NZ...

[@nilevalleyafrican9451]

​@@thegreatwarrior7690really from what history describes ur ancestors had a fascination with africa ! Especially egypt ...

[@9972213]

So basically before the French Revolution smelled like an anime convention

[@alexandermarquis6197]

Lovin his narration, that makes the tale even more believable

[@tatanishamelville7858]

Love these topics.was always curious about hygiene practice.

[@darthsidious6753]

Thanks, Uncle Napoleon.

[@tommiller3017]

When I was there several years ago, I asked how many people lived at Versailles. I was told about 50,000. So it was no small palace as far as population.

[@djrubixcube05jordan31]

“ what Aztec hygiene was like?”

[@largebaguette6495]

*When Aaron Burr said Lafayette needed a shower in guns and ships, I really didn't understand until now...*

[@briis2136]

My god~Jefferson 🤭

[@tessm9775]

It's amazing to think that people were able to live at all. The immune systems of those who lived through all this were incredible.

[@angierodriguez7383]

The bidets with the “Mercedes Benz” logos! 😂

[@tallspicy]

Please make a Spotify list with all the background music you use!!!!

[@lilyvalley3874]

I'd love to hear more about the history of soap tbh

[@gordo4559]

I wonder if the Finns were some of the cleanest folks since they invented the sauna

[@jackhackett80]

seems reasonable

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

Someone told me the arabs washed their hands like OCD, idk if that's true since they're in a desert

[@anaphylacticpete5788]

@Bigfoot Yeah, hand and water. I suppose it worked for them, no plague

[@t.s.4615]

Can you do video describing periods throughout the years, (ancient Egypt, Rome, France, American slavery) love your videos

[@rosiejones7100]

Watching about how French dudes bathed in the olden days, laughing at their peril as I am sitting in a tub, taking a bath, bout to do my Korean skincare routine😂

[@archangel5627]

Even though the majority of Europeans didn’t believe in bathing due to thinking it was bad to open up your pores through the use of hot water. With that being said, I’m sure not everyone in France and the rest of the Europeans believed that. There had to be a small few who went against the norm and bathed regularly especially if they figured out means to do so.

[@spiderobert]

5:25 , I know they didn't know it at the time, but silver supposedly has anti-microbial properties, so that's probably the best kind of bidet you could have gotten.

[@heyheytaytay]

Imagine being gifted with Napoleon's bidet after his death!

[@beast6213]

If nothing else, melt it down and get rich from the silver x)

[@randomvids1423]

my favourite history channel, thank you weird history for all the knowledge you share

[@excellenceinrecycling4093]

Nothing is worse than someone with B.O. trying to mask it with perfume 🤢🤮

[@nickisazombie]

please make a video about the king's hygiene if you haven't already!

[@kandikoatedvegan9165]

I would love to see a vid about hygiene of the Ancient Mayans

[@uncoverthetruth8365]

Everyone else was very clean 🧼…these Neanderthals are the only ones like this ..they’re not fully human

[@santerinurmi]

It was good to see this. I am writing a story about the beginning of French Revolution. Thanks to this video I know how to describe places and people realistically.

[@probablynot5634]

Whenever there is an episode that has French words, the narrator always does an excellent job with pronunciation. Just sayin

[@adamfrazer5150]

This is one of those really great channels that make up that 1 or 2 % of KZbin that is worth solid time (a special commodity)in watching. Thanks for the quality of the production, visuals and the top-shelf narration - and a special thanks for the TONE of your videos, I can't articulate it all but it just seems to please my ears 👍🍻😬

[@xlnuniex]

You know the smell is so bad that perfumes were considered to be partially medicinal. Although I doubt it helped. I wonder what stunk more? The people or the town. Remember, people were throwing pots filled with urine and shit out their windows onto the street. Gross

[@notme7728]

3:14, who painted this? All I can find is it might have been done by François Boucher, but nothing on his wiki is showing this painting.

[@procrastinator69696]

imagine people with ocd living in that era

[@FlorentPlacide]

I do tours in a Black Death-era cemetery in Rouen, France. The cemetery has been in activity for 420 years, leaving thousands of bodies in the ground. Those bodies, after several archaeological digs, offered many informations regarding the sanitary situation of the population through Middle-Ages and modern times. The most common afflictions are linked to malnutrition (rickets, anaemia), poor hygiene (esp. oral hygiene), repetitive movements (arthrose), epidemic (tuberculosis, syphilis, plague). This is a wealth of informations, as we are able to know how they ate, worked, slept and even had intercourse (up to 50% of syphilis in a yet good christian parish :D ). On another note, it's always refreshing to approach history through material conditions, rather than through great men or international relations.

[@judymotto272]

Estee lauder presents a new fragrance "chamber pot dew"

[@NewMessage]

1:20 Not so much 'Sacre Bleu!', as 'Sacre Brun!', I guess.

[@eriksonerik9726]

This Channel has a nice taste of classical music 🌀

[@vickidianacoghlan8946]

Thanks weird TV. I always have a laugh at your weird videos. Cheers.

[@ryanreigns4343]

How did people go to bed with each other. 🤢🤮😷🤢

[@watchensee]

Well, everybody stunk they didn't know life any other way, and the urge to do it overcame everything else.

[@СергейФедоров-п7к3ю]

What a wonderful music plays during the whole video. It would be wonderful if someone posted the music list from the video.

[@GFarrsight]

Even after the Muslims gave them soap they still refused.....

[@Suldan932]

We teach them how to take bath but now they betrayed us..

[@sarahalotaibi1230]

They literally gave them hammams and they still refused to use it 😂

[@gargisamadar3549]

Excellent video.Very informative!