Did you know …
That the ancient Romans ate ginger constantly because they believed that it protected them from venereal disease? It’s true!
That is to say, it’s true that the Romans believed that. It’s not true that ginger protected them from venereal disease. Lord no. Nothing could have protected the Romans from venereal disease. Rome’s main export for more than 600 years was the chancre, and they weren’t above dipping into their own supply. The things they did to each other . . . and to put all that on ginger’s little shoulders?
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