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> useless with shakes or drinks that take a long time to finish I wonder how the ancients drank liquids, before the invention of the straw.
by mr_toad 3y ago
> useless with shakes or drinks that take a long time to finish
I wonder how the ancients drank liquids, before the invention of the straw.
- inglor_cz 3y agoThe straw is surprisingly old. There is an almost 5000 year old wax seal from Ur, depicting people drinking beer using long straws. https://www.chaldeannews.com/features-1/2019/12/24/history-of-merchants-beer-in-ancient-mesopotamia https://www.chaldeannews.com/features-1/2019/12/24/history-o... Of course, back then, their main concern was not to disturb whatever settled on the bottom of the vessel.