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minus-squareShawdow194@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·3 months agoWelcome to colonial America
minus-squaremaxalmonte14@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoThat’s truly fascinating, it never occurred to me, but low alcohol beverages could be way safer than untreated water.
minus-squareskmn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoMy understanding is that weak beer was the source of people’s water intake for most of human history.
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agowrong, that was for Europeans who didn’t know how to keep our waterways clean
Welcome to colonial America
That’s truly fascinating, it never occurred to me, but low alcohol beverages could be way safer than untreated water.
My understanding is that weak beer was the source of people’s water intake for most of human history.
wrong, that was for Europeans who didn’t know how to keep our waterways clean