PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWomen in Palestine grinding grain, ~1924?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down16
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minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 months agoFun archaeo-dentistry fact - for thousands of years, most humans in wheat agriculture societies had terrible teeth because of the stone dust from millstones like this persisting into the finished bread. until the industrial era, when we could make steel grinders. thanks, modern steel industry!
minus-squareSassyRamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI broke a tooth on a piece of stone in some bread I ate in Egypt 🫠
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoMight be a mixture of factors. More wear and tear, but fewer cavities and like issues? Just a guess, I know very little about pre-modern teeth.
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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBread is so fantastic, but comes at a terrible cost. 😔
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoIt’s not a problem if you drink it instead 🍺
Fun archaeo-dentistry fact -
for thousands of years, most humans in wheat agriculture societies had terrible teeth because of the stone dust from millstones like this persisting into the finished bread.
until the industrial era, when we could make steel grinders.
thanks, modern steel industry!
I broke a tooth on a piece of stone in some bread I ate in Egypt 🫠
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Might be a mixture of factors. More wear and tear, but fewer cavities and like issues? Just a guess, I know very little about pre-modern teeth.
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Bread is so fantastic, but comes at a terrible cost. 😔
It’s not a problem if you drink it instead 🍺