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		defen 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prohibition and ice cream in the US Navy Compare to the wreck of the HMS Wager in 1741, where some of the crew broke into the spirit room, got drunk, and drowned when the ship went down.

EvanAnderson 4 months ago | [–]

For anybody not familiar with the HMS Wager and the subsequent story the Damn Interesting podcast did a nice episode about it: https://www.damninteresting.com/dead-reckoning/

asdff 4 months ago | [–]

I'm reminded of that scene in The Master where Joaquin Phoenix gets his hooch directly from the torpedos on his ship.

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