A cure for scurvy was discovered and forgotten multiple times before Vitamin C was discovered in the 1930s. From "Scott and Scurvy" by Maciej Cegłowski (@baconmeteor)<br><a href="https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm">https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and

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Kelsey Jordahl

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A cure for scurvy was discovered and forgotten multiple times before Vitamin C was discovered in the 1930s. From "Scott and Scurvy" by Maciej Cegłowski (@baconmeteor)
https://idlewords.com/2010/03/scott_and_scurvy.htm

5/9/2020, 10:46:40 AM

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Kelsey Jordahl

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@baconmeteor A reminder of another of my favorite nonfiction books, "The Worst Journey in the World" by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48503.The_Worst_Journey_in_the_World

5/9/2020, 10:49:21 AM

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