http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9899 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9899/comment-page-1#comment-37743 bibli0phile Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:05:33 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9899#comment-37743 The most famous obese monarch was probably Henry VIII. Toward the end of his life, leg ulcers prevented the previously athletic king from getting any exercise and he balooned so much that a commenter recorded that "three of the largest men in the kingdom could fit inside his doublet." Legend has it that a system of pulleys was devised to lift the king in and out of his enormous bed. The most famous obese monarch was probably Henry VIII. Toward the end of his life, leg ulcers prevented the previously athletic king from getting any exercise and he balooned so much that a commenter recorded that “three of the largest men in the kingdom could fit inside his doublet.” Legend has it that a system of pulleys was devised to lift the king in and out of his enormous bed.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9899/comment-page-1#comment-37700 Teal Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:20:57 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9899#comment-37700 Apparently the origin of "king size". Obesity in those lean years was probably a badge of success, like driving an M5 or Lamborghini now. Apparently the origin of “king size”. Obesity in those lean years was probably a badge of success, like driving an M5 or Lamborghini now.

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