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by dmolony 495 days ago
Luckily they explained what papyrus is. The BBC is now doing ELI5.
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ben_w 494 days ago
You say that like 6 year olds regularly use papyrus.

Despite that it was once common, very few people today have any more reason to know about it than they have to know about silphium or electrum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrum

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