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When enemy soldiers stopped shooting for breakfast

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Even amid the most industrialized slaughter ever conceived, humans still hate missing meals. Opposing soldiers frequently engaged in an unspoken policy of 'live and let live,' casually agreeing to stop shooting at each other during specific morning hours just so both sides could comfortably drink their coffee without being blown to pieces.

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