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A Distilled History of Gin

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The History of Juniper in the United Kingdom

Inever was introduced into britain some time during the seven teenth century. Since common juniper is native to the u k, there were already culinary and medicinal uses for it well before never was introduced. It's not always totally clear exactly what people are describing in written counts from the seventeenth century. For example, past podcast subjects, samuel peeps, described feeling unwell in his diary entry from october fourth, 16 63 Ps,. He had recurring bladder stones. And over the next few days, his diary entries describe him as being in pain and constipated and experiencing painful urination.

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