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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Limeys figured out scurvy around 1600

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Saying consuming vitamin c is the cure for vitamin c deficiency is like saying water is the cure for dehydration.

If that’s the standard for “cures” then animals figured out the cure for dehydration before humans even existed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

The British then forgot why they gave everyone citrus, screwed it up and started getting scurvy again.