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So much of human society relies on the byproducts of other organisms. Pickles, bread, antibiotics.

znt a day ago | parent [-]

Yoghurt + Kefir + Kumis.

Golden Horde conquered the known world fueled by milk byproducts.

bigiain a day ago | parent | next [-]

Surely alcohol is by far the biggest example.

bobxmax a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Aside but I've always hated the phrase "known world". It means "known to the Europeans"

	▲	0_____0 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think in this instance it means "known to the Mongols"
	▲	dismalaf 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		"Known world" in the context of history usually means Eurasia + Africa. Basically all the places that aren't the new world and random islands in the middle of nowhere.