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Back in the middle ages drinking beer and wine was a common thing to do on a regular basis and since I can't imagine, that the dangers of alcohol consumption for pregnant women was known yet, how come that most babies born weren't affected by fetal alcohol syndrome?

by /u/SnowyBlindy in /r/AskHistorians

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