Babylon's 3,500-Year-Old 'Your Mom' Joke

In 1976, scholars uncovered a Babylonian clay tablet dating back to roughly 1500 BCE, inscribed with what might be the world's oldest "your mom" joke. The riddle goes: "...of your mother is by the one who has intercourse with her. What/who is it?" - with no answer provided. Even across millennia, someone somewhere was getting roasted in ancient Mesopotamia.

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