Tehran also responded by effectively shutting down tanker and cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of global oil supplies usually transit.
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Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
12 Aug. 2026
Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.
When George Washington asked for rations for his army, the Continental Congress in 1775 approved a daily ration of one quart of spruce beer or cider per soldier.
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