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How Did People in the Middle Ages Get Rid of Human Waste?
Answer by Tim O'Neill, atheist, medievalist, skeptic, and amateur historian: The idea that people emptied chamberpots out windows into the street is one of the images of the past that has been taught to generations of school children.
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I was actually taught this in high school also!