A Nonny Moose (clandestiny) wrote,
A Nonny Moose
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Kitchen Grease

Learned this today... During WWII, US soldiers required glycerin to make explosives. So, they asked house wives to save their kitchen grease and give it to butchers. The butchers would then ship it to the army to make explosives.

See some posters:

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