this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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[–] neptune@dmv.social 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In 2003, the coprolite broke into three pieces after being dropped while being exhibited to a party of visitors, and efforts were undertaken to reconstruct it

Someone's job was literally to reconstruct a piece of shit. If you ever feel bad about your job...

[–] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“…may be the largest example of fossilised human feces ever found, measuring 20cm (8 in) long and 5cm (2 in) wide! Analysis of the stool has indicated that its producer subsisted largely on meat and bread. It dates back to approximately the 9th century and the person responsible is believed to be a Viking.”

It’s pretty big…I guess.

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Imagine the satisfaction after holding it in the entire ship voyage over to the americas, surviving just on meat and stale bread (the constipation must have been horrible)

Finding a tree, and literally dropping the biggest shit in human history

for some weirdos to dig it up 1200 years later and put it in a museum

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Damn imagine if your shit ended up in a museum. But you didn't.

[–] WilloftheWest 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

York isn’t in the Americas. It’s also a former Viking settlement, Jorvik. A millenium later and I’m in the same place, following the same diet of meat and bread.

[–] jackie_jormp_jomp@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah? Let's see your coprolite buddy

[–] STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oh yeah I misread York as New York. which would have made sense since vikings are known to have been present in newfoundland area (i think)

also, fix your diet

[–] jackie_jormp_jomp@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

No one has lived or will ever live a better life

[–] 30p87@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I could take that