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TERRIFYING TOILETS OF ANCIENT ROME

I’M NOT AFRAID OF TOILETS!

ME, NEITHER!
UNLESS IT’S AN ATTACK TOILET... THAT WOULD BE BAD.

WHO’S AFRAID OF their toilet? You might have been if you were an ancient Roman! And for good reason.

When archaeologists began unearthing ancient Roman cities, they sometimes found an unusual room among the beautiful columns, arches, and marbles of various public buildings. This room contained a longResearchers took a long time to realize that these ruined structures were communal, multiseat toilets.

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