Thirsty Thursday – Drink Margaritas, Cure Scurvy

Posted By Tom W. on May 8, 2014 in Things That Don't Suck | 0 comments

Tagged: cocktails, health, scurvy

I’m a little late on this one but International Scurvy Awareness Day was this past Friday. Wikipedia describes scurvy as “a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans.” It goes on to state that “Scurvy was at one time common among sailors, pirates and others aboard ships at sea longer than perishable fruits and vegetables could be stored (subsisting instead only on cured...