Being a 17th-century Lithuanian woman was rough

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1. Someone remind me in the morning to double check those facts. Hilarious if true but funny nonetheless

2. The good old days.

3. 1. The world’s oldest known sample of the smallpox virus was found in the teeth of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **Yes**

   [The world’s oldest known sample of the smallpox virus](https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/12/12/child-mummy-offers-revised-history-of-smallpox.html)

   [Child Mummy Found With Oldest Known Smallpox Virus](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummies-smallpox-virus-dna-lithuania-health-science)

   [Virus found in child mummy suggests recent rise of deadly smallpox](https://www.science.org/content/article/virus-found-child-mummy-suggests-recent-rise-deadly-smallpox)

   2. The world’s oldest known sample of the common cold virus was found in the nose of a17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **?**

   Too much covid results

   3. The world’s oldest known sample of the influenza virus was found in the lungs of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **?**

   Same problem

   4. The world’s oldest known sample of the herpes virus was found in the saliva of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **No**

   [Ancient herpes simplex 1 genomes reveal recent viral structure in Eurasia](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo4435)

   [Prehistoric roots of cold sore virus traced through ancient DNA](https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/ancientherpes)

   5. The world’s oldest known sample of the HPV virus was found in the cervical cells of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **No**

   [Historical pearls of HPV research: from condyloma to cervical cancer](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34061796/

   6. The world’s oldest known sample of the rabies virus was found in the brain of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **No**

   [The history of rabies in the Western Hemisphere](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5620125/)

   7. The world’s oldest known sample of the rotavirus was found in the feces of a 17th-century Lithuanian woman.

   **?**

   But this is kinda cool [World’s oldest alcoholic drink, Lithuanian Mead, returning to India](http://m.timesofindia.com/articleshow/26512070.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst)