You've probably flipped someone off at some point in your lifetime, and chances are that

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And the reason is that it is one of humankind's most universal gestures.

And as such, one would expect that the gesture has a very interesting history behind it,

and perhaps many different meanings in many different cultures.

Does it?

And in our extended content for premium members, what a Roman historian had to say about its use in one very specific battle.

All about the middle finger is coming up right now on Skeptoid.

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