The folks at Digital Health Reporter collected data from several different bathrooms in order to determine which surfaces contained the most bacteria, and the results will probably surprise you. The most obvious place for germs -- the toilet seat -- only contains about 300 bacteria per square inch. And while that sounds like a lot, it's not as bad as you might fear.

margaret paston and william paston got married in 1441. as william had to attend business, margaret was in charge of administrating her husband's properties and they communicated each other by letters. they had 7 children.   margery paston, one of those children, had a secret romance with richard calle, the family's bookkeeper and the pastons rejected them, as they tend to get marriage arranged for their children. margery and richard ended up getting married for love, but in secret by the church bishop.