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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Odds are good they’d have missing and half rotted teeth too.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

They drank very little soda back then.

A lot of people had decent teeth (beyond the extra wear caused by the stone grinding of the flour adding stone powder to bread).

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 5 days ago

It’s not about soda. It’s about the lack of everything else.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

They drank very little soda back then.

Citation needed

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

didn't they drink a lot of beer instead?