How Bad Did Everyone Smell Before Indoor Plumbing?
I Learned a Thing in the Bathroom by Dollar Shave Club
Episode notes
In this edition, learn why people used to wash themselves with mutton fat; find out why syphilis helped end centuries of regular bathing in the 1500s; and discover how “nosegays” tried to make up for how bad everyone’s B.O. was
Keywords
plumbingbody odor