GK
INVENTIONS
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Nothing
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Sponge on a stick
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Leaves
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Paper
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hygiene sticks, also called bamboo slips, were wooden or bamboo sticks wrapped in cloth. During the Greco-Roman period from 332 B.C. to 642 A.D., the Greeks and Romans cleaned their derrières with another stick called a tersorium, according to a feature in the BMJ.
Detailed explanation-2: -The xylospongium or tersorium, also known as “sponge on a stick", was a hygienic utensil used by ancient Romans to wipe their anus after defecating, consisting of a wooden stick (Greek: , xylon) with a sea sponge (Greek: , spongos) fixed at one end.
Detailed explanation-3: -If you went to the toilet in ancient Rome, you would not have any toilet paper. Instead you may have used a sponge (Latin: tersorium) to wipe. These ancient devices consisted of a stick with a vinegar-or salt water-soaked sponge attached. They were often shared!
Detailed explanation-4: -There weren’t always toilets as we know them today. Before the invention of the loo humans used a hole in the ground, potties and chamber pots!