#UnusualDeaths - The Erfurt Latrine Disaster
On July 26, 1184, during an informal assembly of European nobles in Petersburg Citadel in Erfurt, the second floor of the building collapsed, dropping everyone into a ground floor latrine. 60 nobles drowned in liquid excrement.
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They died in a manner that betrayed their station in life. And it must have brought, just for a brief moment, a great deal of joy.
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That was a good day for the realm 😁
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Is this when the expression 'sh*t happens' was first coined?
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The architect must have been flushed with embarrassment.
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