This wafer-thin wooden tablet from a first-century Roman fort in the U.K. includes a heartfelt birthday party invitation.

Old Wafer-Thin Wooden Tablet With Heartfelt Birthday Party Invitation Discovered, Earliest RSVP Evidence Archaeologists knew they had found a treasure house of historical artifacts when they uncovered ...

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I intend to include “No gifts, please” on the invitations. All that being said ... specifically, a birthday party -- at which you can then admit that it is your birthday.