Gollum@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoWhich one do you prefer?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1959arrow-down112
arrow-up1947arrow-down1imageWhich one do you prefer?i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareClarke @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoThey had communal sponge on a stick they washed the sponges between use. There was a restroom attendant whose job it was to do that. Fun fact this is where the expression shit end of the stick originates. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium#:~:text=The xylospongium or tersorium%2C also,spongos)%20fixed%20at%20one%20end.
minus-squareHurlingDurling@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoAnother fun fact a gladiator killed himself with one of these by shoving it down its throat until he died
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoI feel like there are easier ways for a gladiator to kill himself.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoMaybe he did it in a gruesome way to make a point like the Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire?
minus-squareBlackdoomax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoShittiest fact of the day. Thanks.
minus-squarecasmael@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoHighly informative, but I feel like I was mis-sold the fact at the end, which I fact wasn’t fun at all :(
They had communal sponge on a stick they washed the sponges between use. There was a restroom attendant whose job it was to do that. Fun fact this is where the expression shit end of the stick originates. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium#:~:text=The xylospongium or tersorium%2C also,spongos)%20fixed%20at%20one%20end.
Another fun fact a gladiator killed himself with one of these by shoving it down its throat until he died
I feel like there are easier ways for a gladiator to kill himself.
Maybe he did it in a gruesome way to make a point like the Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire?
Yeah but not as kinky
Kinky And stinky.
Shittiest fact of the day. Thanks.
Highly informative, but I feel like I was mis-sold the fact at the end, which I fact wasn’t fun at all :(