You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century! diseases you'd rather not catch

Series: You wouldn't want to

• You wouldn't want to live in a Wild West town!: dust you'd rather not settle

• You wouldn't want to be in a medieval dungeon!: prisoners you'd rather not meet

• You wouldn't want to be a Greek athlete!: races you'd rather not run

• You wouldn't want to be a medieval knight!: armor you'd rather not wear

• You wouldn't want to be an American colonist!: a settlement you'd rather not start

• You wouldn't want to explore with Sir Francis Drake!: a pirate you'd rather not know

• You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!: a trip that took entirely too long

• You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!: wharf water tea you'd rather not drink

• You wouldn't want to work on the Great Wall of China!: defenses you'd rather not build

• You wouldn't want to be a suffragist!: a protest movement that's rougher than you expected

• You wouldn't want to be a worker on the Statue of Liberty!: a monument you'd rather not build

• You wouldn't want to be in the first submarine!: an undersea expedition you'd rather avoid

• You wouldn't want to be in the Forbidden City!: a sheltered life you'd rather avoid

• You wouldn't want to be Mary, Queen of Scots!: a ruler who really lost her head

• You wouldn't want to live in a Medieval castle!: a home you'd rather not inhabit

• You wouldn't want to live in Pompeii!: a volcanic eruption you'd rather avoid

• You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!: a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make

• You wouldn't want to be a Salem witch!: bizarre accusations you'd rather not face

• You wouldn't want to be a skyscraper builder!: a hazardous job you'd rather not take

• You wouldn't want to be a World War II pilot!: air battles you might not survive

• You wouldn't want to be on the Hindenburg!: a Transatlantic trip you'd rather skip

• You wouldn't want to meet a body snatcher!: criminals and murderers you'd rather avoid

• You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish

• You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!: a perilous mission behind enemy lines

• You wouldn't want to be Joan of Arc!: a mission you might want to miss

• You wouldn't want to climb Mount Everest!: a deadly journey to the top of the world

• You wouldn't want to work in a Medieval cathedral!: a difficult job that never ends

• You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!: an enormous project that seemed impossible

• You wouldn't want to be a ninja warrior!: a secret job that's your destiny

• You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider!: a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do

• You wouldn't want to be cursed by King Tut!: a mysterious death you'd rather avoid

• You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner!

• You wouldn't want to be a Roman gladiator: gory things you'd rather not know!

• You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian mummy!: disgusting things you'd rather not know

• You wouldn't want to work on the Hoover Dam!: an explosive job you'd rather not do

• You wouldn't want to be a Civil War soldier!: a war you'd rather not fight

• You wouldn't want to be an American pioneer!: a wilderness you'd rather not tame

• You wouldn't want to be on the first flying machine!

• You wouldn't want to be Sir Isaac Newton!

• You wouldn't want to meet Typhoid Mary!

• You wouldn't want to sail on the Titanic!

• You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder!: a hazardous job you'd rather not have

• You wouldn't want to be a Viking explorer!: voyages you'd rather not make

• You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century!: diseases you'd rather not catch

• You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross

• You wouldn't want to work on the railroad!: a track you'd rather not go down

• You wouldn't want to live without dirt!

• You wouldn't want to live without gravity!

• You wouldn't want to live without pain!

• You wouldn't want to live without poop!

• You wouldn't want to live without sleep!

• You wouldn't want to live without vegetables!

• You wouldn't want to be a polar explorer!: an expedition you'd rather not go on

• You wouldn't want to be Cleopatra!: an Egyptian ruler you'd rather not be

• You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13!: a mission you'd rather not go on

• You wouldn't want to be Tutankhamen!: a mummy who really got meddled with