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by IncreasePosts 385 days ago
How far we've regressed. 400 years ago you would get a gallon of beer per day if you were a sailor.
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Aeolun 385 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.
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archontes 385 days ago
Navy-strength rum.
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