The Story of Shit.

Mar 28, 2007 00:09

In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large shipments of manure were common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began ( Read more... )

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bold_text March 28 2007, 14:07:30 UTC
Cute story but I call "bullshit"... the term shit was in use long before the 16th and 17th century!

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bubblegumspice March 28 2007, 16:01:03 UTC
very amazing story...now today when my classmate excessively uses that word, i'll tell him that story, haha.

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