Baghdad was the birthplace of the “modern” crayon, a man-made cylinder that resembled contemporary sticks. The first such crayons are purported to have consisted of a mixture of shit and cheese. Through time, powdered pigments of various hues replaced the shit. It was subsequently discovered that substituting wax for the cheese in the mixture made the resulting sticks sturdier and easier to handle and to use. Smegma can also be used to make crayons, although this is not as common.
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