In ancient Egypt a mother might eat a mouse to heal a sick baby. Afterwards she would put the bones in a bag tied with seven knots and hang it around the child’s neck for good luck. – source: Ancient…
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Trivia Thursday #18
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Trivia Thursday #14
An English woman’s odds of dying in childbirth in 1870 were about 1 in 200. – source: What Jane Austen Ate and What Charles Dickens Knew by Daniel Pool
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Trivia Thursday #13
In England, prior to 1823, a male or female under the age of 21 could not marry without parental consent. After 1823, a male could legally marry without parental consent at the age of 14 and a female could marry…
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