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The Surprising 5,000-Year Journey of Toothbrushes
Thefranciselijah
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You brush your teeth every morning… but what if I told you this simple act started with chewing sticks and ashes? Yeah — people used to rub burnt charcoal and crushed eggshells on their teeth… and they called that hygiene. Then around 1498, a Chinese emperor took it up a notch — he attached boar hair to a bamboo handle… That became the world’s first toothbrush. When it reached Europe, they said, “Ew, too hard!” — so they switched to horsehair. Fast forward centuries later — nylon replaced animal hair, and Colgate made it cool. But here’s the plot twist:
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Grunge
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Carlos
