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		chadlavi on Feb 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 7k-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ev... The Porcelain Throne culture. I wonder what sort of mystical/religious purpose they'll think we might have used them for!

lostlogin on Feb 19, 2020 | [–]

Too right. If future archeologists are anything like current ones, toilets will be described as a “ritual object”.

n0rbwah on Feb 19, 2020 | [–]

It probably had something to do with collecting the blood of all our animal/human sacrifices.

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