12 Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, April 24, 2024

12 Trivia Tidbits for Wednesday, April 24, 2024

These Are Ray Romano’s Three Favorite Episodes of ‘Everyone Loves Raymond’

These Are Ray Romano’s Three Favorite Episodes of ‘Everyone Loves Raymond’

Roseanne Barr Almost Starred in ‘Married… With Children’

Roseanne Barr Almost Starred in ‘Married… With Children’

Isn’t It Weird to Add Celebrities to a Game Where They Get Shot?

Isn’t It Weird to Add Celebrities to a Game Where They Get Shot?

24 Funny Times Something Completely Backfired on Someone

24 Funny Times Something Completely Backfired on Someone

The Great Stink of 1858

The River Thames has been a hub of commerce, agriculture, and recreation since before recorded history. It was also once filled with a lethal volume of human shit.

All it took was several years of cholera and exploding cesspits for Parliament to spring into action and save their precious river!

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The Great Stink was the peak of reek on the River Thames in 1850's London. After decades of human feces and industrial runoff building up in the riverSource

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This sh*t was literally killing people. The filthy water Was responsible for: -3 separate cholera outbreaks - Methane-filled cesspit explosions -The f

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The Stink was personified in satirical cartoons of the day. They would often depict Dirty Father Thames CRACKED COM

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Scientist Michael Faraday would test' the shit content by dipping white paper into the water FARADAY GIVING HIS CARD TO FATHER THAMES; And we hope th

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Father Thames Introducing His Offspring TO The Fair City Of London Diphtheria Scrofula Cholera CRACKED COM

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For years, lawmakers were able to ignore the stench, or mask it with lime chloride. IME But that summer's record heat forced them into action by the

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Joseph Bazalgette: The Hero of The Great Stink This is how they drew people they liked. Bazalgette was tapped to design a new sewer system that ensure

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