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Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by Houshalter on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @10:31PM (#13537980)
It could go the other way around too. If these people consumed so much alcohol everyday since childhood, they probably built up a decent tolerance to its effects.
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Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016) by Balgair on Thursday February 02, 2017 @12:51PM (#13552666)
Yes, but your liver and heart do not. The early death rates for males in Russia are attributed to alcohol abuse.
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