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I remember hearing once that during WW1, soldiers in the trenches who had ran out of coffee, used (I think I've remembered correctly) tar and coal dust as a substitute. Am I completely mistaken, or is there some truth to this?

by /u/poshjosh1999 in /r/AskHistorians

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