IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days 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-square78fedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down111
arrow-up1213arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·3 days agoThe scary part was the communal sponge
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoIf there is flowing water beneath just rinse it
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoFlowing water with bobbing turds.
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoYou wanted to be first in line for the new sponge, that’s for sure.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days 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.
The scary part was the communal sponge
If there is flowing water beneath just rinse it
Flowing water with bobbing turds.
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.