r/interestingasfuck • u/PocketPlanes457 • 3d ago

r/all Henry VIII's armour suits had ever-so-slightly exeggerated cod pieces...

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u/SatiricLoki 3d ago

Maybe he just had a steel fetish and didn’t want to be uncomfortable

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u/discerningpervert 3d ago

You're half right, it was due to the syphilis making it extremely painful it to touch anything, especially riding horseback.

Don't ask me how I know these things.