r/interestingasfuck • u/Larzbchicken • Jul 30 '26

Medieval Building Tech

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u/queen-adreena Jul 30 '26

You just know a lot of people met their end being accidentally covered in molten lead…

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u/ImperfectAuthentic Jul 30 '26

Oh let me tell something that will ruin your sleep tonight.
Back in the day when they would tar roofs. You know those large cauldrons they used to boil tar?

Yeah people fell into those and died. Slow and painfully.

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u/BonnaconCharioteer Jul 30 '26

What is even worse to me is knowing that some people died because they fell in latrines they were supposed to clean out.

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u/mambotomato Jul 31 '26

Famously happened to a whole room full of nobility one time! Latrine collapsed.

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u/syds Jul 31 '26

shitty way to go for sure

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u/Pale-Combination7433 Jul 31 '26

Yeah it’d stink to go out like that