In the first part of the Pacific War, U.S. torpedoes were powered by a miniature steam engine burning 180- or higher-proof ethyl alcohol as fuel.
Sailors being sailors began drinking the fuel mixed with pineapple juice, thus inventing Torpedo Juice.
The Department of the Navy began adding Methanol to discourage the drinking practice which in return would cause temporary blindness if ingested. The sailors simply devised a filtering mechanism using a compressed loaf of bread.
Then, Croton Oil was added which caused painful cramps, internal bleeding and a violent emptying of the bowels.
The sailors, not giving a fuck, devised crude stills to slowly separate the alcohol from the poison, as alcohol evaporated at a lower temperature than the oil.
With the introduction of the Mark 18 torpedo, the juice stopped flowing, but the greatest generation still found ways to get fucked up.
Side note: during the Vietnam war, soldiers would ingest small amounts of C4 explosive to get a high similar to that of ethanol...(visit your local Engineer, EOD Tech or Breacher for the hook up). #ww2 #boozin #stayzero #zerofoxtrot