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TIL that pregnancy tests actually existed 3,500 years in Ancient Egypt! It even predicted the gender! Women would urinate on two bags; one filled with wheat and the other barley. If they grew, it means they're pregnant! If the wheat grew faster it's a girl. If the barley did, then it's a boy.

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