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  • Feast of the Ass illustration from 1913
    History At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back Ellsworth Toohey
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    History Two green-skinned children appeared in a 12th-century English village Ellsworth Toohey
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    History Medieval dragon drainpipe from 1393 makes modern gutters look boring Popkin
  • Medieval toilet holes built in the stone castle wall/Tunnel Rock, Sequoia National Park, USA/Depositphotos
    History Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts Popkin
  • Portal of the Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption Cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand, France, built in black Volvic stone (HJBC/shutterstock.com)
    History Clermont-Ferrand's cathedral is built entirely from black lava stone Popkin
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    video Watch a homemade medieval trebuchet launch a flaming fireball into the night sky Popkin
  • Trial of a Sow and Pigs at Lavegny, The Book of Days (1863). Public Domain Worldwide
    law Medieval France put pigs on trial for murder — complete with lawyers, judges, and executions Ellsworth Toohey
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  • A modern soldier in a medieval battle.
    video games Kingmakers, a game about going back in time with modern weapons Grant St. Clair
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    music This new drum machine only makes sick medieval beats Thom Dunn
  • storytelling "Beowulf" told with hurdy-gurdy and theremin Natalie Dressed
  • television Couple seriously injured after falling from medieval wall featured in Game of Thrones David Pescovitz
  • History Map of medieval murders in London, with the known history of each Rob Beschizza
  • medieval Watch YouTuber J. Draper show how effective chainmail is at defending against stabbing Devin Nealy
  • fantasy Taking a tour of the world's largest permanent LARPing town Gareth Branwyn
  • france Checking on progress at Guédelon Castle, a Medieval-style castle being built from scratch in France Gareth Branwyn
  • unions Verily, Medieval Times doth unionize Thom Dunn
  • Creepy Interesting and Real Were these church doors covered in human skin? David Pescovitz
  • History How people pooped in the Middle Ages Gareth Branwyn
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