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Aug 15, 2019
TIL that the first human name in recorded history is: Kushim. He signed his (or her) name at the bottom of a tablet that's over 5,000 years old, which was excavated in Sumer. Kushim signed at the bottom of the tablet to note how much barley they had on-hand.
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