Let’s learn more about this fascinating period of history in our Victorian facts… Victorian facts 1) The Victorians were the people who lived during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the 20 June 1837 until the date of her death on the 22 January 1901. It was an era of exciting ...
22)In Victorian times, whores wore pubic wigs known as amerkin. The merkin has been around since the 1400s when it was originally worn by women who had shaved their pubic hair off to prevent lice. In the Victorian times it was frequently worn by prostitutes who wanted to conceal the fac...
Facts about the Romans 1) Rome was founded in 753BC by its first king, Romulus. It grew into a rich and powerful city during the next few hundred years. 2) By AD 117 the Roman Empire included the whole of Italy, all the lands around the Mediterranean and much of Europe, including En...
Easily the biggest surprise about the Boston Tea Party is that the uprising wasn’t a protest against a new tax hike on tea. Although taxes stoked colonist anger, theTea Actitself didn’t raise the price of tea in the colonies by one red cent (or shilling, as it were). ...
In Victorian times the most popular and expensive aquamarines had a green tinge and the bluer colors were seen as too garish! Nowadays the greener colors are far less desirable. How to care for Aquamarine Aquamarine's hardness (7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale) makes it durable and means that ...
Famous Queens Facts There have been some amazing, fearless and brave queens over the ages that have changed history forever. Here we take a look at the most famous queens of all times. You’ll certainly know all about royalty after you’ve read all this!
Be glad you don’t live in Victorian times, where you might have wound up in the career of “pure finder.” Don’t be fooled by this profession’s inviting name—in fact, it consisted of collecting dog poop off the streets and selling it to leather manufacturers. Shutterstock Advertisement...
Almost everyone agrees that this name derives from the Brittonic. Recent research, however, reveals that it may have a mammalian origin, “mother,” about a local river goddess. Insular Celtic languages like Irish and Welsh preserve both meanings for mam, which is used for “breast” and “...
A favorite of the Brits, fruitcake has been the subject of long-running American holiday jokes. Truman Capote wrote a short story about “fruitcake weather” in 1956, the small town of Manitou Springs, Colorado holds an annual Fruitcake Toss Day on January 3. ...
Indiana’s initial constitution was founded in 1816, though as times change, so do the expectations of the government. Though the current constitution has some debate about it’s efficacy surrounding it, the Hoosier State adopted the current constitution on November 1, 1851. ...