dimanche 4 février 2018

'The Fatberg' goes to the Museum of London

Well, a small piece of "The Whitechapel Monster" does, at least.

Fatbergs, lumps (sometimes vast) of solidified fat in the sewers, with additional binding from wetwipes, condoms, tampons, panty-liners and all the rest of the items people chuck down the toilet. The Whitechapel Monster made London internationally famous:

"The Whitechapel fatberg that made headlines in September was among our most infectious social media exports of 2017. The units in which it was routinely measured gave away its birthplace. This being a London phenomenon it was invariably described in local currency: at 820 feet, the fatberg was “longer than Tower Bridge” or “twice as long as Wembley Stadium” and “the weight of 11 double-decker buses ... London was now the undisputed global leader in sewer blockage.”

We had a mini-fatberg in a sewer pipe back in our old house. At £150 to get it cleared out we soon learned not to chuck fats down the sink, and the ladies of the house disposed of their feminine hygiene items in a different way.


via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/2BTc3Gx

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