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Imperialism

Prior to the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, rumours spread that the Enfield rifle cartridge paper was greased with pork fat or beef tallow.  The Muslim and Hindu (respectively) refused to use it, since it required tearing off the cartridge paper with one's teeth.  In truth, the cartridge paper was coated in beeswax.

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