Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderFormer Historical Theology Student. If this drives you nuts wait till you read primary sources of many different historical documents and than just heard how people corrupt history all the time. Example Nicolaus Copernicus, was persecuted by the Catholic Church for writing his sun centered book and arrested. The book in fact was dedicated to the Pope. It wasn't till 73 years after the book was written that anyone said anything against the theory. It wasn't even a theological attack…
The relevance of beer with regard to water conservation and safe consumption is _not_ because the alcohol sterilizes the fluid. It's because successfully brewed and unfiltered beer forms a relatively stable ecosystem of unproblematic yeasts and lactic acid bacteria which prevent other unsafe micro organisms to take over and multiply. The hop is actually contributing to chemical conservation, though.
There is not actually any mythology here, just a reasonably purported misconception.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 236
- Total comments
- 125
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-02-11 | The great Medieval water myth (2013)First breakout · Best thread | rms | 123 | 71 |
| 2017-01-10 | The great medieval water myth (2013) | apsec112 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-06-08 | The Great Medieval Water Myth | hyperpape | 36 | 3 |
| 2025-08-24 | The great medieval water myth (2013)Latest 20+ point return | apsec112 | 74 | 51 |