british museum, british museum london, sutton hoo british museum, hokusai british museum, british mu

The Museum once had a ‘Cabinet of Obscene Objects’

british museum, british museum london, sutton hoo british museum, hokusai british museum, british mu

Others have called it the British Museum’s ‘porn room’, but the title it was originally given is a little more salubrious: the Secretum. Opened in 1865, following the publication of the Obscene Publications Act (1857), the Secretum contained around 200 objects, labeled (possibly with the curator’s tongue firmly in cheek?) as ‘abominable monuments to human licentiousness’. Anyone who wanted to get in for an afternoon of fun and games and serious study required a special permit. Strictly for gentlemen only, one needed to demonstrate ‘mature years and sound morals’ to qualify. Details on how this was decided have not been recorded…

Related Facts
mona lisa, france facts, facts about france, louvre, louvre facts,

Did you Know? The Louvre is the world’s biggest art museum

Halloween, Halloween facts, candy, candy facts

Did you Know? Halloween is the second-most commerical American Holiday of the year.

love is crazy, crazy love, love can make you crazy, love fact, love drug, love ocd, OCD, ocd love

Did you Know? Being in love is biochemically the same as having a severe obsessive compulsive disorder.

Braille

Braille is not a language.

japan facts, facts about japan, janitors in japan, fun facts japan, otaku, japan fun facts , japanes

Did you Know? The Japanese love wacky flavours

soap, saponification, Babylon, Ancient, alkali, oils, Ebers papyrus, Egyptians, Chinese, Zhou Dynas

Soap production is used to cause fuel shortages and jeopardize the affordability of candles.

Flamingos

Flamingos are toothless.

moldova, moldova facts, moldova country, moldova fact, moldova europe

Did you Know? Moldova's national dish is porridge

wastage, food wastage, wastage of food, food waste

Did you Know? The world wastes about 1 billion metric tons of food each year.

greek, philosophers, lunar, solar deities, athens, anaxagoras, lampsacus

Anaximenes Of Miletus (c.586-c.526 BCE)

comics facts, facts about comics, facts about marvel, facts about dc, facts about superheroes, fun f

Did you Know? Agent Coulson wasn't even supposed to have a name.

conspiracy ideas

Tragic occurrences contribute to the development of conspiracy ideas.

disney facts, disney fact, disney, walt disney, disneyland, disneyland facts, facts about disneyland

Did you Know? Employees of Disneyland lead a life of sacrifice!

dream facts, facts about dreaming facts, learning in dream, niels bohr

Did you Know? Mind is more active in dreams as compared to when a person is awake

hypnotised individual

A hypnotised individual maintains complete control.

friends, friends sitcom, friends show, ross, rachel, joey, monica, chandler, phoebe, friends facts,

Did you Know? There are famous coffee houses named after Centeral Perk of FRIENDS

myanmar, pagodas, kingdom, pagan, buddhism, temples, burmese, burma, thanaka, magic

95 Percent Of Egyptians Live Along The River Nile

Golf

Golf was anything but relaxing in Walt Disney's opinion.

hernias, abdominal walls

Hernias come in a variety of forms.

eyesight, human vision, human vision facts, candle facts, human vision fact, pupils fact, dilated pu

Did you Know? Eyes are very sensitive!

australian animals, native australian animals, endangered australian animals, extinct australian ani

Australia is home to the largest species of reptiles.

batman, batman facts, facts about batman, fun facts about batman, batman university, batman universi

Did you Know? Bob Kane Didn’t Create Batman as We Know Him

fish, humans, nostrils, organs, water, smell

Damselfish are farmers who cultivate small algae gardens.

NCAA basketball

The 1979 NCAA tournament marked the beginning of the careers of basketball legends.

jurassic park, raptors, sound, terrifying, noises, tortoises, mating, horses, breathing, geese hissi

Jurassic Park Raptors Sound Like Tortoises Mating