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    In the 1700’s Britain’s Royal Navy introduced the tradition of issuing rations of what beverage, as a way of steeling sailors against the cold Atlantic and the horrors of war?

    Question #91742. Asked by BRY2K. (Jan 30 08 10:44 AM)


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