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dec 9, 1858 - The Great Stink

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During this summer in London, public paying toilets were the latest attraction where people would pay a penny to use it. But cesspools would often overflow and the stench of the untreated sewage that floated in the River Thames was seen as the cause of typhoid in London.

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dec 9, 1858
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~ 167 years ago