stackyFACTSMudlarking was a truly horrific way to earn a living. Desperate children waded knee-deep into the foul, untreated muck of the low-tide Thames, frantically searching for stray coins, chunks of coal, or scrap metal. One misstep meant drowning in a literal river of toxic municipal waste.
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The man who proudly declared the death of god finally cracked under the pressure of his own genius. Witnessing a carriage driver aggressively whipping a horse…
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