According to Reuters, the world's oldest joke comes from the Sumerians, a people who used to live in what is now southern Iraq, and dates from about 4000 years ago. I warn you, it's not very funny: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap." I guess you had to be there.
True, 4000 years is a long time, but that's not the world's oldest joke. Painstaking research reveals that the oldest joke is:
Abel: I've been seeing spots in front of my eyes.
Cain: Oh? Have you seen a doctor?
Abel: No, just spots.
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