How did people do their business in Medieval Europe? This fascinating piece on Modern History has the poop scoop.
There are all sorts of things in here I was unaware of, like how human urine was collected and used in manufacturing and the fact that many towns had a Shit Street (where everyone took their "night soil") and how many Shit Streets became Ship Street during the Victorian era.
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Multispectral imaging (previously at Boing Boing) exposes paintings and other artifacts to specific wavelengths of radiation in hopes of revealing secrets—hidden paintings under finished works, for example, or the ghosts… READ THE REST
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