Jewelry of jet was the haute jewelry of the Victorian era.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/17/style/jet...index.html

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In the 1800s, turtle meat was a protein most often associated with upper-class dining. Preparation for turtle and terrapin was labor intensive — Maude C. Cook’s 1887 cookbook Three Meals a Day contains directions for the laborious process, which required removing the shell. In part because of the difficult preparation, turtle was rarely eaten at home; the meat was most commonly served in a banquet setting

  

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Did you know Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for pea-shooting is from 1857, in the writing of Thomas Hughes, social reformer and children's writer?

  

Braces (or suspenders) were almost universally worn due to the high cut of men's trousers that made belts impractical. Belts did not become common until the 1920s, after men had become accustomed to military uniform in WWI.

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Apparently in the 1800s a way to treat diagnosed hysteria was to cut of the clitoris called a clitoradectimy (sp?). O.O

-It's Not Hysteria by Karen Tang, MD, MPH

  

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Apparently in the 1800s a way to treat diagnosed hysteria was to cut of the clitoris called a cliteratimy (sp?). O.O

-It's Not Hysteria by Karen Tang, MD, MPH

A CHARMING DID YOU KNOW - Ursula Black had one in character on the old board and then Olive retconned it out because we all agreed that was three steps too far for a fantasy roleplay xD And also ew.

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One of the cheapest homeless shelters in Victorian London charged just 4 pennies to sleep in a coffin. Yes, a coffin, which was novel in that one could actually sleep on their backs instead of upright against a rope or similarly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_penny_coffin

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Women's downstairs underwear was crotchless in this era. There were apparently some versions that had a crotch but they were considered unsanitary and unfashionable. not making this up.

  

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