The Social History of Poops

In early America, people were not shy about using the toilet together. The romans would sit side by side shitting and they'd sit there with their bums above holes,. No sense of shame about shitting next to your neighbour or your friend. Do you want to know what the toilet paper was? Yes, a bucket of salt water and a sponge on a stick. And you just use it to wipe yourself and then put it back in the bucket for the next person. That's sarah alby, author of poop hapend, a history of the world from the bottom up. She says:  pooping has been way less shameful and surprisingly social. In ancient rome