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Is It True That...? (2025) : ...There Was No Hygiene in the Middle Ages?

With chivalrous Knights, great castles and high adventure, the Middle Ages have always fascinated us. While fans of heroic tales may see it through rose-tinted glasses, others only see the dark side: Dirty bodies, stinking cities, and no proper toilets. The medieval period is often though to be the least hygienic in European history. But was that really true?

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...Democracy Was Invented In Greece? June 18, 2025
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...The Plague Was the Worst Epidemic Ever? June 18, 2025
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...We Used to Work More? June 18, 2025
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...We Always Believed in God? July 09, 2025
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...The Library of Alexandria Burned Down? July 16, 2025
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...Vibrators Were Invented for Female Pleasure? July 23, 2025
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...We Used to Die Younger in the Past? July 27, 2025
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...Hitler Invented the Autobahn? July 30, 2025
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...The Steam Engine Started the Industrial Revolution? August 13, 2025
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...Bartering Was the First Form of Money? August 20, 2025
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...Men Have Always Worn Trousers? August 27, 2025
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...Beauty Standards Have Always Been the Same? September 03, 2025
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...Julius Caesar Was Born by C-Section? September 10, 2025
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...We All Believed the World Was Flat? September 17, 2025
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...There Was No Hygiene in the Middle Ages? September 24, 2025
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...Decadence Caused the Fall of Rome? October 01, 2025
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Education Serves the Common Good? October 08, 2025
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Pirates Were Always Bad? October 15, 2025
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... Collective Ownership is Doomed to Fail? October 22, 2025
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...Pasta Was Made in Italy? October 29, 2025
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Men and Women Have Never Been Equal? November 05, 2025
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...We have always gone on strike? November 12, 2025
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...Secret agents have no qualms of conscience? November 19, 2025
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...We all used to speak the same language? November 26, 2025
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...We used to live in harmony with nature? December 03, 2025
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...Borders Have Always Existed? December 10, 2025
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...Migrations were not as numerous in the past? December 17, 2025
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...Childhood Is A Modern Invention? December 24, 2025
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...We Have Always Eaten Meat? December 31, 2025