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2025-03-15 17:08:03 UTC - HELPFUL
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While modern toothbrushes were not used, people in the Medieval period still cleaned their teeth. They also bathed regulary, brushed their hair, and did their laundry: https://www.thehistorycorner.org/articles-by-the-team/did-medieval-people-brush-their-teeth There was perfume: https://www.carrementbelle.com/blog/en/2019/10/02/perfume-middle-ages/#:~:text=In%20front%20of%20these%20new,aromatics%20in%20the%20abbeys%20gardens. Human excrement was not thrown out of windows: https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/did-people-in-the-middle-ages-throw-excrement-out-windows.html People would take weekly baths: https://cleanfax.com/medieval-cleaning-hardly-hygienic/#:~:text=Bathing%20was%20not%20as%20common,wash%20in%20a%20nearby%20river.
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