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neutralguystrangler t1_ixuo6h0 wrote

I visited there last year. This explains why I'm not very smart and can't remember anything

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jatufin t1_ixv1ui9 wrote

I hate it when brain eating amoebas fill my bath.

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mattttb t1_ixvi8h2 wrote

I didn’t think they were still open for bathing, I visited on a school trip and I got the impression they’re more just a museum. Cool place to visit though, Bath is a beautiful town and the ancient Roman baths are pretty interesting.

Built on top of an ancient spring used by the indigenous Celtic people before the Romans turned up.

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st4n13l t1_ixvkcg8 wrote

I think an important thing to point out is this occurred in the 1970s. The way the title is written it could be interpreted that the Romans closed the baths after finding brain eating amoeba which would have been astounding if true.

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EmmelineTx t1_ixvqz8p wrote

I thought that they were closed because all of the piping is lead.

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TvHeroUK t1_ixvs106 wrote

Replying to mattttb (#690,036)

It’s a visitor centre only, the water quality isn’t up to standard for bathing and obviously they aren’t doing to hack a historic building apart to install filters and the like

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toodog t1_ixw7jgm wrote

Explains Bristol

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Angrypenguinwaddle96 t1_ixwj5fm wrote

When I went on a residential trip to Bristol and Bath with my school back in 2008 I saw a student from another school bloody dip their finger into the water and tasted it.

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opiate_lifer t1_ixwnglk wrote

FWIW these amoebas are common in still placid water, a few unlucky people die yearly.

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Thecna2 t1_ixy7zt7 wrote

A mysterious doctor, along with an assistant, attached to a quasi governmental organisation was apparently the main cause of defeating this amoeba.

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Scat_fiend t1_ixykxbc wrote

Fan of There’s no such thing as a fish?

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