IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL ancient Romans used communal toilets—stone benches with keyhole-shaped holes—where people sat side by side without privacy, chatting while waste drained beneath them using flowing water.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down110
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkTIL ancient Romans used communal toilets—stone benches with keyhole-shaped holes—where people sat side by side without privacy, chatting while waste drained beneath them using flowing water.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square58fedilink
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYou wanted to be first in line for the new sponge, that’s for sure.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoCurrent research doesn’t support that. Most likely, the sponge sticks were used as a toilet brush, and pieces of cloth were used to wipe.
You wanted to be first in line for the new sponge, that’s for sure.
Current research doesn’t support that.
Most likely, the sponge sticks were used as a toilet brush, and pieces of cloth were used to wipe.