Sex workers in the 18th century and jellyfish

Did one in five women in 18th century London made a living selling sex? And a suspicious statistic about the speed of jellyfish.

(Girls dancing for trade in Drury Lane, Westminster. Lithograph: Museum of London/Getty Images)

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