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minus-squarestr82L @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoGranted. Still it’s a big difference between your own urine and someone else’s feces.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe practice wasn’t swishing one’s own urine.
minus-squarestr82L @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI’m guessing there were little boys involved
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe truth you might find more bizarre - the wealthy shipped in urine from people from modern-day Portugal, because it was believed that their climate and diet made for the most effective mouthwash-urine.
Granted. Still it’s a big difference between your own urine and someone else’s feces.
The practice wasn’t swishing one’s own urine.
I’m guessing there were little boys involved
The truth you might find more bizarre - the wealthy shipped in urine from people from modern-day Portugal, because it was believed that their climate and diet made for the most effective mouthwash-urine.