Middle Ages

Is it true that in the Middle Ages a device called the “iron maiden” was used for torture and execution?

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Is it true that a woman was once elected pope?

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Is it true that the Vikings buried their dead in floating boats that were set on fire?

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Is it true that medieval Europeans hardly washed themselves?

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Is it true that the executioners wore masks?

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

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Is it true that medieval maps read “Here Be Dragons”?

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Is it true that glass is actually a liquid, and glass in medieval buildings gradually flows down?

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Is the story about English archers, the middle finger, and the origin of the expression fuck you true?

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Is it true that medieval knights put chastity belts on their wives before leaving for war?

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Is it true that the names of the seven notes come from words meaning "lord", "matter", "miracle", "family", "sun", "milky" and "heaven"?

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Is it true that in the Middle Ages spiral staircases were twisted clockwise for the convenience of the defenders?

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