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Line 3: Army recruits are often instructed in the firing and care of [[gun\|guns]]; Navy recruits get a short introduction to [[firefighting]]. An [[urban legend]] holds that [[army\|soldiers]], [[navy\|sailors]], and other young men in institutional situations are secretly administered [[saltpetre]] in their food, especially during bootcamp, to suppress their sexual urges. It is conjectured that the troops were employing a [[folk etymology]] and replacing "salt" with "soft". The reduction in [[sexuality\|sexual urges]] does in fact occur, but is caused by physical exhaustion related to intense training. ~~See [[saltpetre]]~~

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