TIL Ancient Egyptians were the first recorded to use toothpaste. It was made from myrrh, oxen hooves, water, pumice, and eggshells.

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Humans have been using toothpaste for as long as 5,000 years. The earliest recorded formula was from 4 A.D. It was a combination of pepper, iris flowers, and crushed rock salt. Colgate produced the first commercially-produced toothpaste in 1873.

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joseph

I personally thought they just didn't do anything for their teeth until they got bad and had to pull them out...

practicalmagicOP

That's what shocked me about this one! You never hear about the mundane life stuff like this!

splitsecond

This was probably the majority of people honestly... or it's just what happened in the dark ages and why we call it the dark ages

coffeeislife

I'm more shocked people have thought about what people did about their teeth!

joseph

Just another casualty of not questioning how ancient people are represented on tv

coffeeislife

I honestly don't question too much of what I see on TV unless it's too outlandish lol

TIL Ancient Egyptians were the first recorded to use toothpaste. It was made from myrrh, oxen hooves, water, pumice, and eggshells.

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