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[–] Huffkin@feddit.uk 39 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Europeans used to make a drink out of Egyptian mummies.

Here's some more information on it:

https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/europeans-ate-egyptian-mummies-for

[–] guy@piefed.social 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How else do you cure a cough?

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's a sar-cough-agus joke in here somewhere.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

sarcophagus in your œsophagus..... hmmm..... so egyptians did master deepthroating

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

AI could never write such a thing