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The pale liquid even turns up in the Bible, when Jesus castigates some of the day’s religious figures in the Book of Matthew. The Messiah says, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.” Photo Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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