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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 50 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 36 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Among other things.

The gourd is used traditionally to administer enemas. Along the upper Congo River an enema apparatus is made by making a hole in one end of the gourd for filling it, and using a resin to attach a hollow cane to the gourd's neck.[52]

which sounds... splintery...

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 12 points 8 hours ago

There's also a 13th century persian poem called The Importance of Gourd Crafting that offers other rather intimate uses for the produce.

[–] chtk@feddit.nl 3 points 8 hours ago

If only we had told this to Aleksey Tartarov sooner.