Noblemen Drown in Latrine Cesspit

In 1184, 60 noblemen died after a wooden floor collapsed at the Petersberg Citadel in Erfurt, Germany, causing them to fall into a "latrine cesspit" filled with liquid waste that hadn't been emptied for some time. Their deaths were caused by drowning. King Henry VI was present, but he miraculously survived because he sat on a stone section of the wall rather than on the wooden floor.

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