Comments by "John Dwyer" (@pup1008) on "History of the Black Death - Full Documentary" video.

  1. The "unpleasant end" Edward II came to was death by red hot poker up the jacksie! Look it up.
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  2.  @FlashPointHx  Yeah - Same as that. Pardon the pun but I've never quite got to the bottom of it! Well done on the videos BTW - Excellent! Love & respect from the UK!
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  3.  @FlashPointHx  I think there might have been something to it as, in those terrible days, there was a lot of homophobia (Edward II was supposedly Gay.) The other thing about killing someone like that is that it leaves no obvious signs so you could claim a "natural death...."
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  4. I imagine the European genepool today must be quite resilient to the plague as it will be made up of survivors.
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  5.  @FlashPointHx  Yes, indeed. Guy in America caught it off his cat recently & ended up having limbs amputated! Great uploads btw! 👍
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