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		kace91 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dead soldiers' teeth reveal diseases that doomed N... We’re talking about a foot soldier on Napoleon’s army, easy to keep a good set considering he could be 18-25.

hermitcrab 23 days ago [–]

And probably with limited access to sugar.

boomboomsubban 23 days ago | [–]

Probably, cane sugar was unavailable due to blockades and the Napoleonic expansion of beet sugar was only just starting.

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