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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/DemocrrrracyManifest on 2023-08-07 19:28:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in the UK, a thick beef paste called Bovril is spread on toast or reconstituted into “beef tea.” It’s name comes from the Latin bovinus, for ox; and vril, a substance from a late 1800s novel used by a secret master race to give them special powers.