10 Weird Kings and Queens in History

King Louis XIV of France must have been the stinkiest ruler in history. His throne was a makeshift toilet seat, which he used all the time — even during court sessions. To make the matter smellier, the king bathed only three times in his lifetime. To overcome the foul smell that would perhaps knock out many people at a time, Louis filled his palace with perfumed flowers. Though he didn’t bathe himself in water, he immersed his clothes in some of the best perfumes available at the time.

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Ellen Sadler: The Girl Who Slept for 9 Years Straight

Ellen was born on the 15th of May, 1859 in a big family of 12 children with her being the 10th. Her family was located in a small British village located between Oxford and Buckinghamshire known as Turville. This is where the expression “The sleeping girl of Turville” comes from. Her father named William Sadler was a farmer but died from a young age in an accident. Her mother Anne Sandler got remarried to Thomas Frewen, a factory worker who treated her children just like his own.

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10 Evil Monarchs in History

Sultan Ibrahim, who was also known as Ibrahim the Mad, became the ruler of the Ottoman Empire in 1640 after his older brother died of cirrhosis. Throughout his brother’s reign, Ibrahim had been isolated from the outside world. He even spent four years inside the Kafes, an area of the Ottoman Palace where heirs to the throne were locked away.

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5 Weird Jobs in history

A knocker-up, sometimes known as a knocker-upper, was a profession in Britain and Ireland that started during and lasted well into the Industrial revolution, when alarm clocks and watches were expensive. A knocker-up's job was to rouse sleeping people so they could get to work on time.

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