Essentially pointless but mildly interesting story

[Beirut]

Reminds me of a story I read in National Geographic about the "Potato Guards" during the siege of Leningrad.

The Germans had Leningrad bottled up for years, and starvation was a constant threat. During the winter, a group of Russians kept a constant fire burning in a basement to keep the seed potatos from freezing, saving them for the next year's crop. Even though starving themselves, they didn't eat the potatos.

Quite the will power when you consider these people were eating "starvation bread" made from leaves and sawdust.

[Spino]

Doomsday Vault?!?

I take it Dr. Strangelove was unavailable for comment...