23. Crocodile Poop Contraceptives
The ancient Egyptians’ use of medicinal fly dung raises a fascinating question: just how did they, long before microscopes were invented, even manage to spot, let alone gather, tiny fly turds? The ancient Greeks borrowed a lot from the Egyptians, including the medical prescription for using crocodile poop as birth control.
Ancient Greek women believed that inserting crocodile dung in their vaginas would serve as a powerful contraceptive. For all we know, it might have actually worked. At least in the sense that encountering a vagina full of crocodile poop might have been such a huge turn-off that it prevented sex from occurring in the first place.
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