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The Medieval Meeting That Collapsed Into a Latrine and Killed Dozens of Nobles
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The Medieval Meeting That Collapsed Into a Latrine and Killed Dozens of Nobles
In 1184, a royal meeting in Erfurt, in what is now Germany, turned into one of the most grotesque disasters in medieval history. King Henry VI had gat…
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The Man Who Tried to Steal England’s Crown Jewels and Got Pardoned
In 1671, an Irish adventurer named Thomas Blood pulled off one of the boldest almost-robberies in British history: he tried to steal the Crown Jewels …
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The Medieval Pope Who Put a Dead Pope on Trial
In 897, Rome witnessed one of the strangest courtroom scenes in history: a dead pope was dug up, dressed in papal robes, and put on trial. The defenda…
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The 1814 London Beer Flood That Sent Porter Rushing Through the Streets
In 1814, London was hit by one of history’s strangest industrial disasters: a flood of beer. At the Horse Shoe Brewery near St. Giles, a huge wooden v…
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Jun 13, 2026 02:02 PM
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