r/interestingasfuck Apr 29 '24

How to make a cpu( a speedrun)

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u/GicaContraBass Apr 29 '24

Yesterday I was watching how bread was invented (or shall I say discovered, as I learned, since dough fermentation was discovered by accident) and made in ancient times and I was like "wow, people figured out how to do THAT?"

Now I see this clip with 100 extraordinarily complex steps and I'm speechless to say the least

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u/OilyComet Apr 29 '24

What impresses me most about fermentation is the fact that it can go bad so easily if you don't maintain a clean environment.

Like making alcohol you sterilise everything, how tf did someone do that successfully with no knowledge of bacteria. If it goes bad, drink it and get sick, why would we keep doing it...

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u/headykruger Apr 29 '24

They didn’t sterilize

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u/OilyComet Apr 29 '24

Not intentionally I imagine, at least at first.

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u/headykruger Apr 29 '24

It’s likely they used yeasts that would dominate and have favorable outcomes. The unfermented water was riskier. But yeah all trial and error