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[dukeb]

Because chalk can be stored for decades without deteriorating.

Have you ever watched YouTube videos posted by a guy named Steve1989? He buys MREs from various countries around the world. Some of them are decades old and, unless there is evidence that the food/drink is unsafe, he eats the contents and provides a review. If there are cigarettes inside (as were included some time ago) he lights 'em up and smokes them.

I remember them coming in C Rations