r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bortakci34 • 4h ago
The oldest known sentence written in the Canaanite alphabet, found on a 3,800-year-old ivory comb, translates to: "May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard.
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u/God_Bless_A_Merkin 1h ago
It wasn’t lice, it was crabs. That’s what you get for going down on Gomer.


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u/Luciferousllamas 4h ago
Ancient problems require ancient solutions