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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/ICanStopTheRain on 2025-03-09 17:00:20+00:00.
Original Title: TIL that lead(II) acetate has a sweet taste, and was historically used as an artificial sweetener. The Romans would boil unfiltered grape juice in lead pots to make a syrup used to sweeten wine and fruit. Like many other lead compounds, it is neurotoxic.
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Fun fact. This is why none of the Romans are still alive today.
Yep same for British Empire used to much lead
I read somewhere it’s thought that lead in wine to be sweeter is suspected as the reason for Beethoven’ deafness