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A new study has found that the ancient Romans might have used human poo as medicine. The discovery was made in Turkey, after scientists discovered "dark brownish flakes" in a 1,900-year-old bottle.

The unfortunate incident came to light when a commenter dumped the explosive claim on social media – noting “one pool had a floater within the first hour”. The poster later clarified that a young ...

We may turn up our noses at poo, but manure makes the natural world work. Poo is the waste matter all living things excrete from their bodies. Each kind of animal makes a slightly different sort, ...

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