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ihavedonenothingright · 5 months

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Sometimes I think other people aren't sooo bad at critically reading the news, then I see thousands of them convinced Romans used mouthwash made from urine and I go oh.

#i don't think i have ever been so pissed at a prevailing historical myth before #because this has made it into GOVERNMENT SPONSORED MEDICAL SOURCES #as an uncited claim in abstracts and introductions of modern medical papers #and like. guys. fuckers. stoppppppp #we do not in fact have sources for this. the ones people do cite are greek and roman historians and poets mocking OTHER people #they thought the celtibrarians did this and called them gross for it #actual roman dental hygiene is quite well documented #aaaaaaagh #rome #classics #help me #dex rants

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