TITLE:        Why Soldiers Peed On Their Socks 🧦
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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A soldier would intentionally pee on his socks during World War I, and if a gas

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FULL SCRIPT:
A soldier would intentionally pee on his socks during World War I, and if a gas attack started, he'd put them over his face to survive. You see, moisture trapped some of the chlorine, and the urea partly neutralized the gas. And even though the effect lasted a few minutes, this bizarre method gave them just enough time to escape.

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TIMED:
[000.08] A soldier would intentionally pee on his
[001.84] socks during World War I, and if a gas
[003.92] attack started, he'd put them over his
[005.52] face to survive. You see, moisture
[007.44] trapped some of the chlorine, and the
[009.04] urea partly neutralized the gas. And
[011.04] even though the effect lasted a few
[012.56] minutes, this bizarre method gave them
[014.24] just enough time to escape.
