Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts

Going to the bathroom in Medieval Europe wasn't a very fancy activity. People often had to use a hole in the ground, a communal outhouse, or a chamber pot. If you were very rich, though, you might have gotten to poop inside a small room on the side of the castle called a garderobe. — Read the rest The post Medieval castle toilets doubled as assassination shafts appeared first on Boing Boing.