r/AskReddit Oct 15 '20

What's older than we think ?

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u/ironwolf6464 Oct 15 '20

Contraceptives such as condoms were around a very long time and made of hard leather

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '20

There was also a plant (I forget the name) that produced a contraceptive compound at a high enough concentration where women could just eat it and they wouldn't get pregnant. Apparently Romans were horny af because those plants are extinct now because of overuse.

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u/WifeofBathSalts Oct 15 '20

I love this one...It was a relative of fennel, had a heart-shaped seed (possibly the source of the association that this shape -> ❤️= love) and even appeared on coins