PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoThe past is a funny placelemmy.worldimagemessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down13cross-posted to: roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageThe past is a funny placelemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to !historymemes@piefed.social@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square16linkfedilinkcross-posted to: roughromanmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squarejollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·10 months agoOne of those things that makes you wonder who tried it first and for long enough to notice that it whitened your teeth.
minus-squareGoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·10 months agoAn even older use of urine was to clean clothes. In greek cities, there were pots to piss into on the street that launderers would pick up. So it probably evolved from that to cleaning other things, like your teeth.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months ago“wait, you’re supposed to spit at the end?” --discoverer
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoProbably noticed that pissing on a rock in the same place over and over started to bleach it
One of those things that makes you wonder who tried it first and for long enough to notice that it whitened your teeth.
An even older use of urine was to clean clothes. In greek cities, there were pots to piss into on the street that launderers would pick up. So it probably evolved from that to cleaning other things, like your teeth.
“wait, you’re supposed to spit at the end?” --discoverer
Probably noticed that pissing on a rock in the same place over and over started to bleach it