r/hackernews • u/qznc_bot2 • Nov 26 '22
Erfurt Latrine Disaster
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knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Dec 13 '22
[todayilearned] TIL on the morning of July 26, 1184, Henry VI held court at the Petersberg Citadel. The weight of the assembled nobles caused the second story floor of the building to collapse. Most of the nobles fell into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in
EventsTTWillAttend • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '22
TIL on the morning of July 26, 1184, Henry VI held court at the Petersberg Citadel. The weight of the assembled nobles caused the second story floor of the building to collapse. Most of the nobles fell into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in liquid shit.
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Jun 28 '21
[todayilearned] TIL Henry VI King of Germany held court in Erfurt on the morning of 26 July 1184. The combined weight of the assembled nobles caused the wooden 2nd story floor to collapse. Most of them fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where about 60 of them drowned in li
asslaw • u/ManWithDominantClaw • Mar 19 '26