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Is it true that in the Middle Ages, a device called "Iron Virgin" was used for torture and executions?

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Is it true that one day a woman was chosen by the Roman dad?

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Is it true that the Vikings buried the dead in the floating settled boats?

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Is it true that medieval Europeans almost did not wash?

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Is it true that the executioners wore masks?

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Is it true that the Spanish mathematician Walmes was burned by the Inquisition for solving the fourth degree equations?

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Is it true that on medieval maps they wrote “Dragons live here”?

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Is it true that the glass is actually a liquid, and the glasses in medieval buildings are gradually flowing down?

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Is the story of English archers, the middle finger and the origin of the expression Fuck You?

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Is it true that the medieval knights put on their wives a belt of fidelity before leaving for war?

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Is it true that the names of the seven notes come from words with the meanings of “Lord”, “Matter”, “Miracle”, “Family”, “Sun”, “Milky” and “Heaven”?

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Is it true that in the Middle Ages, the screw stairs were twisted clockwise for the convenience of the defenders?

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