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The daily ration of lime juice in the royal navy is where refering to Brits as "Limeys" came from.

Capt. James Cook started it; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%27s_lime_juice

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That's a fun fact, weird I was just talking to someone about this yesterday.

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Another one is the use of "bitters" in many cocktails of the English colonial era, the bitters contained quinine, an anti-malarial.

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Makes sense. The rich typically had access to an abundance of resources. Having a body weakened from malnutrition would leave one vulnerable to the plague.