If For No Other Reason, We Need Government Regulations To Prevent Human Filth From Stinking To High Heaven. (Problem Is Some People Can't Get Past Infatuation With The Smell Of Their Own Shit)

 

The Great Stink of London in 1858 is one event that seems too strange to be real, but it actually happened.

The Thames River had become a cesspool of industrial and human waste, leading to an unbearable stench that hung over the city for weeks on end.

People were forced to cover their faces with handkerchiefs or masks just to go outside, and many fled the city altogether.

In response, Parliament passed legislation requiring sewers to be built throughout London and other measures taken to clean up the river — all of which eventually succeeded in eliminating the smell.

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