When London Could No Longer Hold Its Nose: The Great Stink of 1858
— July 15, 2026In the summer of 1858, the heart of the British Empire found itself overwhelmed…
Let’s revisit the subject of germs in the office. The telephone is quite likely to be the dirtiest object in the entire office. Think about it, it’s handled quite a lot, leaving germs that you have picked up from hours of touching god-knows-what, and you talk into the thing with your germ hole, otherwise known as your mouth. The mouth, unfortunately, is the part of the body that harbors more bacteria than any other. Yes, even more than “down there.”
In the summer of 1858, the heart of the British Empire found itself overwhelmed…
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