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Today in pulp: what were the top 10 causes of death in Victorian Britain*? Let's see...
(*according to the Victorian Illustrated Police News: "the worst newspaper in England!") #WednesdayWisdom
(*according to the Victorian Illustrated Police News: "the worst newspaper in England!") #WednesdayWisdom
No 10: death by funeral. A-pall-ing way to go...
No 9: death by immodesty. Oh the dangers of public canoodling...
No 8: death by donkey. Silly old ass...
No 7: death by japery. The killing joke...
No 6: death by literary intent. A novel way to go...
No 5: death by corsetry. What a waist...
No 4: death by bad habits...
No 3: death by reading in bed. Thank goodness we have screentime now...
No 2: death by cats. Godless killing machines...
And the number one cause of death in Victorian Britain?
Death by impoliteness!
Death by impoliteness!
