Use code JOESCOTT14 to get 14 FREE MEALS across your first 5 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3qmkZPn ! The Victorian Era was an age of new discoveries and technologies that changed everything about the way we live. It basically created the modern world as we know it. But that time of transition also led to some very, very weird ideas and dangers that seem baffling today. Here's the video that includes the intro about L'Innconoe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHIooZqKesM Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/joe-scott-5-reasons-the-victorian-era-was-utter-insanity Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: null T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carl-Wilhelm-Scheele https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/ Absolute History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Jef7i7v1U https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-facts https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/fdr-grew-up-in-a-dress-it-wasnt-always-blue-for-boys-and-pink-for-girls/237299/ https://thevictorianhistorian.com/beauty-fashion/ https://theconversation.com/air-pollution-in-victorian-era-britain-its-effects-on-health-now-revealed-87208 https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos https://victorianchildren.org/victorian-child-labor/ https://fiveminutehistory.com/how-the-power-of-pictures-helped-end-child-labor-in-the-united-states/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-workhouse/ https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Victorian-Workhouse/ https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Two-Penny-Hangover/ https://wonderfulcollection.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/a-penny-for-your-lodgings/ https://historycollection.com/grim-realities-of-life-in-londons-19th-century-slums/9/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-history-of-hermits-in-gardens The History Guy's episode on The Great Stink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7nRrSH_VE https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Londons-Great-Stink/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-moon-hoax-was-simply-sign-its-time-180955761/