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trampel@feddit.org to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish ·
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Only 2 complete skeletons were ever found at waterloo

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Only 2 complete skeletons were ever found at waterloo

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The rest were probably used in fertilizer and turned into active charcoal for sugar extraction from beets.

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    Bone meal was a widely used fertilizer, otherwise there would not have been much available.

    Waterloo was the first battle where this was subsequently recorded in the books.

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      Animals have bones, too

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        Yes, horse bones were also used. Any bones they could get their hands on.

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        Do you think people had a lot of animals at that time? Belgium is now a fairly prosperous country, in those days it was different. My grandparents were farmers, living was hard then

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        Those get boiled into broth for eating

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    I’ve got nothing left but my bones.

    (bone grinders come by)

    FUCK

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    Canon fodder helping the economy, what else is new?

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      Build shitty BMPs and send them to Ukraine: Increase GDP.
      Fill said shitty BMPs with people beforehand: Increase GDP per capita.

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    Gnarly.

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