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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The coprolite was found in 1972 beneath the site of what was to become the branch of Lloyds Bank on Pavement in York, and may be the largest example of fossilised human faeces (palaeofaeces) ever found, measuring 20 centimetres (8 in) long and 5 centimetres (2 in) wide.

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In 2003, the coprolite broke into three pieces after being dropped while being exhibited to a party of visitors, and efforts were undertaken to reconstruct it

Someone's job was literally to reconstruct a piece of shit. If you ever feel bad about your job...