Out of the Ashes
During the Dark Ages, men, women and children
led peasant lives, with very little education or
understanding. This included hygiene or any
knowledge of parasites, and there was a great deal
of superstition in order to make up for this lack...
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Out of the Ashes
During the Dark Ages, men, women and children
led peasant lives, with very little education or
understanding. This included hygiene or any
knowledge of parasites, and there was a great deal
of superstition in order to make up for this lack of
scientific understanding. However, there was a
great deal of practical knowledge about chemical
household tasks, such as making soap from the lye
of ashes from the fire.
In essence, we can clean our bodies from the fire.
Yes, that was just a joke.
Many civilizations around the world have understood the precept of creating lye from wood ash,
and making soap from the lye. Now, the lye gets really hot, and it has been used to burn flesh off of
live humans when poured from walls…and this has been done in hundreds of wars.
It is very interesting what comes out of the ashes: basic household and body cleaning, as well as
highly effective war weapons.
Today, we have far more sophisticated chemical compounds, such as the eco friendly indus
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