What was the 'Great Stink' of London?

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Every city has its drawbacks -- parking, for example, or crime, or the price of a decent pizza slice -- but in the 1800s London faced a particularly unusual and disgusting problem: the city literally stank. And this wasn't an occasional whiff of urine or

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