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Happy Bread Anniversary! (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Explanation: On April 19th, a Roman gladiator in Pompeii made bread and wrote about it on the barracks wall. There's no grand significance to this, other than the curiosity of mundane human behavior throughout history, and the fondness of Romans of all classes for writing on walls as a means of communication!

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