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• The toga was the traditional garb of the Romans, until the Mongolians brought trousers (or pants) to the newly conquered land.
• It was common for people to keep a candle burning all night long in the bedchamber, despite the smoke and smell, to keep away pixies.
• Every castle had a well within its walls in order to make sure the community had water in case of a siege.
• During the Middle Ages, some doctors prescribed a dose of the court jester to ailing patients, believing that laughter could improve health.
• Medieval doctors tested a patient’s urine by tasting it!
• Young, unmarried women wore their hair loose, but married women covered their hair with a linen cloth called a wimple.
• Monks were not allowed to run except in case of fire or if a fellow monk was nearing death and in need of prayer.
• A knight’s protective chain mail shirt had about 250,000 rings and could weigh as much as twenty-five pounds.