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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Never heard this theory either. Wonder if it is more commonly heard by like boomers. Either way it's fading it seems.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago*

    I’ve never heard of this either. I assumed it was talking about the dancing plague or whatever when a bunch of people went crazy but I thought that was from poorly stored grain, but poorly stored grain to moldy bread made sense. I’ve only ever heard of the witch trials explained as religious fanaticism, misogyny and a broken “justice system”

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  • [–] 6 points 2 days ago*

    Millennial here. I know I’ve heard it, but I don’t remember if it’s something I read later or something that was taught.

    Edit: asked my wife and she never heard the moldy bread thing. She’s Gen X.

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