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#notawallpaper #TIL #themoreyouknow #uselessfactfrog
Dec 13, 2022 3:29 PM
onewallpaperaweek
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#notawallpaper #TIL #themoreyouknow #uselessfactfrog
NoIWillNotFixYourComputerWhenIComeOverForDinner
She merkin me crazy!
Pheehelm
I've seen it speculated a lot of the prudishness of the Victorian era was a backlash against the nastiness of the Georgian era.
depressedscientist
Sauce?
onewallpaperaweek
It's mentioned on Wikipedia under pubic hair but I won't link it here for fear of the mod bonk.
aspecthistory
There's also a fairly famous story of Georgian houses to explain why the top-most floor have smaller windows. 1/2
aspecthistory
Tale is that there was a short-lived tax on natural light in a home so rooms higher up (used less) held smaller windows. "Daylight robbery."
onewallpaperaweek
That's quite interesting, thanks for sharing.
aspecthistory
More likely is that flat panes of glass were very expensive to produce at the time. Fun to think about anyway.
J3lek
I've never seen or heard the word "cockades" in my life.
onewallpaperaweek
An ornament, such as a rosette or knot of ribbon, usually worn on the hat as a badge
TiredSnowball
I've heard rhe word, but had no clue of its origin. ?
shotty814
That's probably because you're not being given enough public hair. I mean, pretty sure that's why I never heard of it either.
OddlyPacific
Like lemonade except…
kaldaze
Sure you have. Viagra is a cockade
onewallpaperaweek
RagingSlab
Wins the internet in 7 words. Kudos!