Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?message-squaremessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1message-squareIf I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?Kookie215@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square285fedilinkfile-text
Its the 14th century and you’ve had no time to prepare, after you’re done reading this post you are snapped. What do you do?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoHow to make soap: Mix a fat or oil with a strong base like potassium hydroxide, resulting in an exothermic reaction called saponification.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoWhere do you get potassium hydroxide from in the 12th century?
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoSoak wood ash in water.
minus-squarefeddup@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThanks! at least I have a plan now, if I were to suddenly appear hundreds of years ago, I’ll probably just die
How to make soap: Mix a fat or oil with a strong base like potassium hydroxide, resulting in an exothermic reaction called saponification.
Where do you get potassium hydroxide from in the 12th century?
Soak wood ash in water.
Thanks! at least I have a plan now, if I were to suddenly appear hundreds of years ago, I’ll probably just die
Oh neat, thanks!