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You can smell from a distance if someone hasn’t bathed/washed clothes in a week. Did medieval Europe burglars/spies/assassins practice much better hygiene than the average commoner to stay stealthy? Would this be suspicious?

by /u/LBJSmellsNice in /r/AskHistorians

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