ALCOHOL
f you’re recovering from a big night out and condemning all the grog you drank as one big mistake, you’re probably not that far off. According to ‘beer nerd’ Horst Dornbusch, we only have beer because our ancestors mucked up their bread. Dornbusch’s theory goes that as early as the 6th century BC, some ancient Sumerians were making bread outdoors when it started to rain and they fled. By the time they returned to their dough a day or so later, it would have fermented. But beer