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Winston Churchill got a sicknote so he could drink booze when visiting the US during prohibition

Poke Staff. Updated March 29th, 2016

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Roger Kimball shared this doctors letter from 1932, that says Churchill should be allowed to drink as part of his recovery from an accident.

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