That website did a disclaimer at the very top which implied that these stories are not necessarily all true.
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So they are being up front with the fact that these are anecdotal in nature.
Just to punch a few holes in a couple statements, here's one example,
In Babylon over 4000 years ago, it was customary for the bride's father to supply his new son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. As mead is a honey beer and their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the 'honey month' – or what we know today as the 'honeymoon'.
It certainly sounds good when taken at face value. However, I have very strong doubts that modern English was spoken in Babylon over 4000 years ago, so it was probably called something very different from "honeymoon" in Babylonian.
Frank, you are correct that beer was drank in large amounts partly because water was unsafe to drink. Before the 20th century public water purification systems and water waste treatment plants were non-existant, and most river systems in Europe and North America were open sewers. Even in today's Russia, one does not drink the local tap water unless it is boiled for 20 minutes. Beer's fermentation process helped destroy the unwanted bacteria and parasites present in untreated water, and it helped make the day go by a bit quicker, I imagine.