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Vegemite (Food Wars/War Food)

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“I asked: ‘Do you speaka my language?’ He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.” Men at Work Do armies really march on their stomachs? Paul and Mikey tuck into how conflict has transformed food production over the centuries and given us some of our best-loved staples. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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