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It’s a story I’ve been guilty of treating a little too uncritically myself: “In the Middle Ages people drank beer rather than water because the water wasn’t safe.” But is that correct? No, not at all, according to the American … Continue reading → (http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/was-water-really-regarded-as-dangerous-to-drink-in-the-middle-ages/)http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zythophile.wordpress.com&blog=832235&po st=3842&subd=zythophile&ref=&feed=1

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