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How Horrible Chocolate Helped Win World War II

Ridiculous History

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The Secret Sauce of Hot Cocoa

The 1949 US Army Field Ration D Emergency MRE and the text indeed reads, it says chocolate sugar skim milk powder, cocoa fat, oat flour, which is actually the added ingredients. Soldiers hated this stuff so much. They started calling the DRAT's Hitler secret weapon. And not only did it not taste good, not only was it physically difficult to bite into, but your jaws are the strongest muscle in a human body.

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