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Royal Navy sailors stage a mock funeral to protest Black Tot Day, the abolition of the Navy's 230-year old tradition of issuing a daily rum ration, 31 July 1970 - 9GAG
Black Tot Day | Black Tot Day (July 31st, 1970) was the last day on which the Royal Navy issued sailors with a daily rum ration (the daily tot). This had been
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