stackyFACTSThe simple act of rolling up a long strip of cloth into a tight, manageable cylinder was apparently a stroke of absolute genius. Hippocrates heavily advocated for carefully pre-rolling fabric to apply even pressure, basically inventing the modern gauze roll millennia before mass manufacturing caught on.
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