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Topic: OT - Weird History

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #6790 on: Today at 09:00:57 AM »
10 August 1842. British parliament passed the Mines Act. It stopped women and children under the age of 10 from working underground. Many children, as young as 6, had previously worked shifts of up to 12 hours.

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