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		IncreasePosts 85 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prohibition and ice cream in the US Navy How far we've regressed. 400 years ago you would get a gallon of beer per day if you were a sailor.

Aeolun 85 days ago | [–]

Probably a bit more physically intense work and drinking water was more or less unsafe. If you want your sailors to live you better feed them beer.

archontes 85 days ago | [–]

Navy-strength rum.

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