World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC »

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The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.

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    pagey1 year, 4 months ago

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    Wow, the worlds oldest jokes are far from being the worlds funniest jokes

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    quackpot1 year, 4 months ago

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    Perhaps the jokes lost something in the translation?

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