\n8.\u00a0 Henry Ate A Shocking 5,000 Calories Every Day Before He Died<\/strong>
\nWhile we know that Henry VIII was overweight in his later years, it\u2019s hard to imagine just how big he was. However, a quick look at his daily diet makes it easy to see just why the king was so big. Every single day, he would eat about 13 different courses, mainly made up of meats like chicken, lamb, pork, rabbit, swans, peacocks, and venison. Not only did he eat excessively, but he also drank as many as 70 pints of ale every week, together with sweetened red wine. The total amounts to about 5,000 calories per day, twice today\u2019s recommended allowance for an active man.[3] It\u2019s no wonder that one of his surviving suits of armor, which is displayed at the Tower of London, has a waist size of 132 centimeters (52 in)!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n6.\u00a0 Henry Was The Very First English Monarch To Write A Book<\/strong>
\nThere is no doubt whatsoever that Henry VIII was an extremely intelligent and well-educated man. The fact that he was fluent in at least three languages is well-known, and he had an impressive knowledge that spanned everything from theology to medicine. Yet most people are completely unaware that he was the first king of England to write and publish his own book. In 1521, Henry VIII published the rather confusingly titled Defense of the Seven Sacraments, or, to give it its Latin title, Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, as a response to Martin Luther\u2019s challenge to the pope\u2019s authority in publishing the Ninety-five Theses. At 30,000 words long, Henry\u2019s book became a top seller in its day, and he was actually awarded the title of \u201cDefender of the Faith\u201d by the pope as a reward for his efforts.[5]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n1.\u00a0\u00a0 Henry Turned Beards Into A Status Symbol<\/strong>
\nPortraits of England\u2019s best-known monarch usually depict him wearing an impressive set of whiskers. However, it isn\u2019t widely known that Henry introduced a tax which was levied on the wearing of beards and which turned facial hair into a status symbol overnight.[10] There have been some seriously bizarre taxes over the years, but Henry\u2019s beard tax has to be one of the strangest. In 1535, the king demanded that taxes be paid by any man who chose to wear a beard, and the amount charged varied depending on the social status of its wearer, meaning that every man who wanted to be viewed as high-status immediately decided to grow their facial hair.So, there you have it\u2014ten amazing things that you never knew about England\u2019s not-so merry monarch. The next time you see a movie or TV show featuring this Tudor king, you\u2019ll know a little more about what made him tick!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rob Hunter and Listverse present 10 Things That Will Shock You About King Henry VIII.\u00a0\u00a0Here are three of my favorites…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-trivia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20860,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859\/revisions\/20860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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