Answer provided by Therese Oneill, Writer, Unmenntionable! The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Marriage, Manners & Sex A lot of us have sort of trained our bodies to relieve themselves at near the same time every day. And if you were a Victorian woman, you would have eaten, drank, and taken physical exercise at about the […]
By Stephanie Weber It’s September which evokes memories of apple-themed activities like going back-to-school and learning about Johnny Appleseed. While he seemed like a perfect storybook legend, he was actually a real person and his name was John Chapman. The real story of Johnny Appleseed is a little weirder than anything taught in schools. The […]
How would people from the Middle-Ages react if they ate a Big Mac? Answer provided by Matt Riggsby, MA Archaeology, Boston University The average peasant would find it a bit odd but probably tasty. The bun would be relatively sweet for him (modern Europeans find American bread quite sweet, and a peasant unused to added […]
Answer provided by Oscar Tay: What most people know of as the “pirate accent” is not actually how pirates talked. It’s called West Country English and it’s spoken in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire, and a lot of southwestern England: At the end of syllables, the R sound is emphasized, and in certain areas, “be” is […]
So why the **** is a pineapple is called “ananas” in just about every language but English? Answer provided by Oscar Tay: This is a deer: It’s a squirrel, yes, but it’s also a deer – a former deer, anyway. The further back in time you go, the more and more general the definition […]
By Stephanie Weber Audrey Munson might not sound familiar to modern day New Yorkers, but the truth is that they see her everywhere. Audrey’s figure is all over Manhattan in the form of several statues, famous and lesser known, that adorn buildings, parks, and paintings all over the city. She also made history as being […]
