I Just Learned How Ancient Egyptians Took Pregnancy Tests, And I Physically Cannot Stop LaughingHiraman via Getty ImagesI’ve already ranted about one of my favourite rocks of all time (what, you don’t have one?) As Harvard wrote on their Science In The News blog, “In the first known pregnancy tests, ancient Egyptian women urinated on barley or wheat seeds: quickly sprouting seeds indicated pregnancy.”Oh. Sure, it’s not as good as the 99% accuracy modern pregnancy tests offer when taken correctly. Scientists can only speculate, but it seems to operate in a sort-of similar way to modern pregnancy tests. Today, pregnancy tests react to the levels of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in your wee.

Source: Huffington Post June 11, 2024 10:30 UTC