TheCloudFestival t1_jebj2nt wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:28 PM

For thousands of years people used lead acetate as artificial sweetener, particularly before the import of sugar crops such as cane and beets to Europe and Western Asia. It was known as 'Sugar of Lead'.

HeliusDragon t1_jedr34s wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:47 AM

Romans kept their wine in lead pots, when any of the alcohol oxidised into acetic acid, it would react with the lead forming lead acetate, which would make the wine less sour and more sweet due to vinegar forming sweetener

RElNHARDT t1_jebrjar wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:22 PM

for thousands, or four thousand

TheCloudFestival t1_jebwt1x wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:57 PM

lol! 'For'. Edited. Many thanks 😁

DirtyMoneyJesus t1_jec1hpt wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:30 PM

That explains why we’re all so fucked up lmao