stackyFACTSWars are incredibly expensive, and armies run entirely on massive amounts of fat.
Wars are incredibly expensive, and armies run entirely on massive amounts of fat. Napoleon III aggressively offered a huge cash prize to anyone who could invent a cheap, highly stable butter substitute that wouldn't quickly go rancid for his massive marching armies. A French chemist aggressively blended highly processed beef tallow with skim milk, creating 'oleomargarine', completely changing baking and heavily confusing consumers for centuries.
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