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I’m gonna keep using white phosphorus matches and there’s nothing you can do to stop me

Also a reminder, most families in the real life time periods portrayed here in LOTC would not have many candles, which were extremely expensive. But a fire in the hearth was almost always burning, providing a source of heat, light, and the ability to cook.

As a fun bit of trivia, because of this, most books were read aloud in these times with one person standing close to the light to read to others in the relative darkness. Reading by yourself was a rare occasion to the point that contemporary sources of Julius Caesar remarked on his intelligence by describing how he could read without moving his lips, which almost everyone did because you almost always read aloud.

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