Middle Ages

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In the Middle Ages, there was a job named, 'Groom of the King's Close Stool' given to one of his most trusted advisors. The groom wiped the King's bum.
In the Middle Ages, moss wrapped in a napkin was used as a sanitary towel.
In the Middle Ages, women were known to take extensive care of their skin washing their faces every day with urine because of its antiseptic qualities.

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A garden snail would take 95 years to slide around the world. Garden snails move at a pace of ½" per second.

Polar bears can smell humans from 20 miles (32km) away.

A snail produces such a thick layer of slime that it could crawl over a razor blade without damaging itself.

Moles can dig 75' (22m) of tunnels in a day.

Each head of a rare two-headed snake can fight over food.

A Hamster is able to carry half its own body weight in food in its cheeks.

Using its antennae, a bee can locate an apple tree three miles (five km) away.

Bees cannot fly when it rains.

Net-casting spiders spin a web of thick silk which they use as a net to throw over their prey.