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Conflicted: A History Podcast
The American Revolutionary War
In the summer of 18 90, an american soldier was sitting on a dock in tampa bay, florida. Conflict had broken out between the united states and spain,. The American army was being sent to the island territory of cuba. He found a tin can in his pack marked beef, part of the ration kit supplied to him by the army. As one veteran described the top was nothing more than a layer of slime. And he noticed crystal deposits had formed on the meat. These were the same kinds of crystal deposits that often form inside cadavers after they are embalmed.
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