# Japanese Scientists Find 2100 Year old garbage!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-scientists-find-2100-year-old-garbage/406350 "2007-06-01T15:01:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-scientists-find-2100-year-old-garbage/406350/1 "2007-06-01T15:01:51Z")

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See it here:[http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=070601&cat=news&st=newsd8pg2hbg1&src=ap](http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=070601&cat=news&st=newsd8pg2hbg1&src=ap)

I am truly excited! this is nobel-Prize terriory! now the question: is it edible? 😕

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-scientists-find-2100-year-old-garbage/406350/2 "2007-06-01T15:05:52Z")

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We’ve found gargbage a great deal older than that. Heck, archaeologists RELY on garbage, to learn about the past. Google “Middens”, among others.