Drunk Thread

[MadMojoMonkey]

I could go on and on. E.g. why cities were bad for water quality and humans in cities predominantly drank wine instead of water, due to the alcohol killing the bacteria that was thriving in unpurified water.

I heard today that the popularity of tea in asian cultures can be traced back to this period. They were accidentally killing off the harmful microbes by boiling the water before drinking it.