IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-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 month agomessage-square16linkfedilink
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe scary part was the communal sponge
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYou wanted to be first in line for the new sponge, that’s for sure.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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
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.