{"id":6957,"date":"2026-06-06T14:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/?p=6957"},"modified":"2026-06-06T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:06:10","slug":"6957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/2026\/06\/06\/6957\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:20px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:20px;min-height:635px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-168\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/elreportivodeolimpia.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/sports-tools.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6958 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una costumbre higi\u00e9nica que hoy nos parece impensable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En el mundo antiguo, la higiene dental era un asunto serio \u2014 y a veces sorprendente. Los romanos, conocidos por su cultura refinada, sus acueductos y su arquitectura monumental, ten\u00edan una pr\u00e1ctica que hoy nos parecer\u00eda completamente inaceptable: usaban orina humana como enjuague bucal y blanqueador dental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El secreto estaba en la qu\u00edmica. La orina contiene amon\u00edaco, un compuesto que act\u00faa como agente blanqueador y desinfectante. Los romanos, sin conocer la qu\u00edmica moderna, hab\u00edan descubierto emp\u00edricamente que frotar los dientes con orina los dejaba m\u00e1s blancos y los manten\u00eda m\u00e1s sanos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La pr\u00e1ctica era tan extendida y tan valorada que exist\u00eda un comercio organizado en torno a ella. Se recolectaba orina en barriles ubicados en las calles de las ciudades \u2014 una pr\u00e1ctica que tambi\u00e9n serv\u00eda para los tintureros de telas \u2014 y luego se vend\u00eda a quienes la necesitaban para la higiene personal o para uso industrial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lo que resulta a\u00fan m\u00e1s asombroso es que la orina m\u00e1s cotizada no era la local, sino la importada. La orina proveniente de Portugal ten\u00eda especial fama de ser m\u00e1s efectiva, y se pagaba un precio premium por ella. El comercio era tan lucrativo que el emperador Vespasiano lleg\u00f3 a imponer un impuesto sobre la venta de orina, lo que gener\u00f3 la famosa frase &#8216;pecunia non olet&#8217; \u2014 el dinero no huele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esta costumbre no desapareci\u00f3 con la ca\u00edda de Roma. Perdur\u00f3 durante siglos en distintas culturas europeas, y solo fue abandonada gradualmente con el desarrollo de la qu\u00edmica moderna y la aparici\u00f3n de los primeros dent\u00edfricos comerciales en el siglo XIX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DATO DESTACADO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El emperador Vespasiano impuso un impuesto sobre la venta de orina. Cuando su hijo lo critic\u00f3, le acerc\u00f3 una moneda a la nariz y le dijo: &#8216;pecunia non olet&#8217; \u2014 el dinero no huele &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-ast-global-color-5-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color has-medium-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-06-06T14:06:05-03:00\">6\/Jun\/2026<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enigma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6959,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6957\/revisions\/6959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elreportivo.cl\/olimpia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}