Smutty jokes carved in stone since 1900BC
02 July 2015 - 02:17
The world's oldest known joke was written on a tablet - not an iPad or Samsung, but a chunk of solid stone. In celebration of International Joke Day, some of the world's best, worst and oldest jokes emerged yesterday.The oldest known joke has been traced to 1900BC and suggests a form of toilet humour that was apparently very popular with the ancients.
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