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#4 The Tasty Rock that Changed the World (Salt: A World History)
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The Importance of Salt in Society
In the Pyrenees, bridal couples went to church with salt in their left pockets to guard against impotence. Egyptian priests abstained from salt because it excited sexual desire. In Borneo, when dyac tribesmen returned from taking heads, abstinence from both sex and salt was required. When a pima killed an Apache, both he and his wife abstained from sex and salt for three weeks. The Chinese realized very early on that they need to salt as one of the earliest agricultural societies.
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