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What the Victorians called “spirit of wine,” and the half-used hand sanitiser that turned out to be the same thing.
What the household books say when they are not telling you how to do something.
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What the Victorians called “spirit of wine,” and the half-used hand sanitiser that turned out to be the same thing.
Clean
What the Victorians called “spirit of wine,” and the half-used hand sanitiser that turned out to be the same thing.