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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by astrodust on Sunday September 04, 2016 @06:00AM (#12423603)
The alcohol used as torpedo propellant was that was often used by sailors to make "torpedo juice" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_juice) so that ended up being tainted as well to render it undrinkable.

That was also a severely misguided effort.

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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by meddlepal on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:13AM (#12424722)
I'm always kind of amused by the effort people will put into getting drunk throughout history.
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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by astrodust on Sunday September 04, 2016 @03:25PM (#12426223)
If you're on a boat that's likely to fire torpedoes at the enemy then you're in one that's likely to be blown to pieces by the enemy at any moment without warning. In a situation like that I can empathize with people wanting to take the edge off.
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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by Pica_soO on Sunday September 04, 2016 @03:00PM (#12426094)
Mysterious, mysterious indeed- one can only imagine why those fools did that- they could have had so much fun with there servants and enjoying the full life.
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