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[โ€“] ddplf@szmer.info 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It may vary from region to region, I once visited the Museum of Soap and History of Dirt in Bydgoszcz, Poland (wonderful experience!) and it was all au contraire to what you just said

And everytime I heard historians scratching that topic, they would always confirm this information. So historically not much hygiene in Eastern Europe, I suppose.

[โ€“] squaresinger@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

"The past" ^TM is a big place and a lot of very different things happend in a lot of different places at different times.

The same way it is true that "In the past people believed that fat was super unhealthy and suger was super healthy" and at the same time "in the past people believed that fat was super healthy and suger was super unhealthy".

Both statements are correct for different times and regions.