Onfim invented procrastination, and we've been blaming the wrong tool ever since.
Kids Have Been Drawing Violent Battles And Fantastical Beasts on Their Homework Since The 13th Century
A 13th-century boy named Onfim doodled battles, monsters, and self-portraits on birch-bark homework in Novgorod, showing that kids have always escaped schoolwork through imagination. Historians find his drawings remarkably similar to modern doodles, suggesting the urge to procrastinate creatively is timeless.
Source: Kids Have Been Drawing Violent Battles And Fantastical Beasts on Their Homework Since The 13th Century — ScienceAlert
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