Bonus - Mysterious Jokes from the Past
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The Joke 69
The for lodge loss is an ancient Greek collection of approximately 265 jokes, dating to the fourth of its entry CE. It's typically the title of the world's oldest surviving collection of jokes. We start with a joke about no one living beyond him because it's the last house in London. Then we move on to Joke 69 and find out why Mr Congreve thought 68 was so funny. The final task: Googling "oldest joke book"
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