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[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Was a stankier time in general

[–] RoabeArt@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Castle toilets were sometimes just holes in the floor that emptied out the side of the walls to the ground below.

(If that "Incredible Cross Sections" book I had as a kid was a viable source. Those books went into almost comical detail on how sewage is stored and disposed of in various buildings, ships, planes etc.)

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

Even today with quite advanced plumbing, "where the hell do we put all the shit" is one of the more important parts of urban planning.