Lmao

https://www.mangago.me/home/photo/13898957/

Nowadays we have Viagra, but Pliny the Elder suggested a bevy of ancient Roman aphrodisiacs that reads more like a witch’s shopping list than a doctor’s prescription. To put the pep back in your step, Pliny suggested the yolks of pigeon eggs, in honey, mixed with hog’s lard, or sparrows eggs, or a lizard drowned in one’s own urine.

If that didn’t work, you could always wear “the right testicle of a cock.”

The Countess of Salisbury had her head chopped off - but it took 11 blows of the axe before they got it off

In Tudor times, assisting royalty on the toilet was an official job, and it was pretty sought after.

The Groom of the Stool had to go into the toilet with the monarch and assist them in any way needed – they were basically a toilet buddy. We all know that Henry Viii had a pretty heavy diet, so it can't have been an easy job. But whoever had it had constant alone time with the king, which obviously came with its benefits.