#river thames

Source: Washington Post Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh will beat the Washington heat this summer and head for Runnymede, England, a bucolic borough 20 miles from London along the River Thames. At the site where the Magna Carta was sealed 804 years ago, laying the groundwork for

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama In the 1850’s, the River Thames in London was an open sewer, responsible for thousands of deaths annually from cholera, typhoid, and dysentery, this because London’s drinking water was largely drawn from the River Thames. In 1858, the public outcry

Author: Tom Lawson / Source: Positive News Londoners are being encouraged to stem the tide of litter into the capital’s river A campaign, For Fish’s Sake, is encouraging people pick up and bin litter along the Thames to help protect hundreds of species of river-dwelling wildlife. The Thames is

Source: mentalfloss.com As we’ve discussed before, the past was a disgusting time to be alive. Trash, human waste, and slaughterhouse viscera were once a common sight in the Thames river. And if you weren’t close enough to see the debris being chucked into the water, you could definitely smell

There is a famous saying that if you’re stuck for ideas, then just float something down the River Thames and Airbnb did exactly that. This morning an idyllic and fully functioning house that weighed over 70 tons casually floated down the Thames. The house contained two bedrooms, a living room, a