this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
713 points (98.1% liked)

Comic Strips

12642 readers
3726 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Without access to large livestock the inhabitants of Lake Texcoco needed a source of fertilizer. The only available option at scale was night soil (human dung). This led to a contender for the worst job in history, dung collector. Dung was collected at designated sites (public toilets) and transported via canoe to either farms or at large dumping (pun not intended) sites to be purchased at market.