TIL Sleeping Beauty's deep sleep was caused by a splinter of flax in her finger, and during her sleep she was raped by a king (her father was a Lord). She gave birth to twins while enchanted and one sucked on her finger to remove the flax which woke her up.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty#Basile.27s_narrative



Submitted January 29, 2015 at 10:52PM by zeemmie http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2u3ku2/til_sleeping_beautys_deep_sleep_was_caused_by_a/