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The salt that taught gunpowder to explode and barracks rumors to never die.
means Potassium nitrate, a naturally occurring crystalline salt used in gunpowder, fertilizer, and food preservation.
from From Medieval Latin sal petrae, salt of the rock, because it crystallized out of cave walls and stable floors like mineral frost.
Gunpowder fuelSupplies the oxygen that lets charcoal and sulfur erupt.
Libido mythNo proof it dampens desire, despite army legend.
Cured meatsOnce the standard preservative behind pink, lasting ham.