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a yeast's toilet break that humans bottled, taxed, and toasted to civilization itself
means A volatile, flammable liquid (ethanol) produced by fermentation that intoxicates when drunk, plus the broader chemical family bearing the same -ol ending.
from From Arabic al-kuḥl — al ('the') plus kuḥl, the fine powder of antimony used as eyeliner, the same root that gives us 'kohl.' Through alchemists' Latin, 'alcohol' first meant any fine powder or refined essence, then any substance distilled to its purest extract. By the 18th century it had narrowed to 'alcohol of wine,' the spirit drawn off by distillation — so the word for ground eye-shadow drifted, over centuries, into the word for the stuff in your glass.
- yeast waste
- It's literally the excretion of hungry fungi
- rocket fuel
- Early rockets ran on ethanol propellant
- freezing point
- Pure alcohol stays liquid past minus 100C
- ancient art
- Beer recipes predate written language by millennia
- hand soldier
- Sanitizer kills germs by dissolving their membranes
scotch whisky — scotch production is protected by law since 1988; must be made in scotland and aged 3+ years
sake brewing — japan produces over 1,500 sake breweries, with fermentation dating back to 300 bce