Horace Fletcher preached the gospel of fanatically chewing food until it completely dissolved in the mouth. Even celebs like Upton Sinclair and Franz Kafka drank the Kool-Aid.
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In 1936, the Party suddenly switched from denouncing bubbly to mass-producing it.
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Regifting the fruit created a potent political symbol.
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They welcomed women back when American restaurants prohibited dining without a man present.
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In March, a hotline operator at Korean American Family Services (KFAM) received a call from a domestic violence survivor in crisis.
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In February 1925, tens of thousands of masked merrymakers thronged the streets of Manila to celebrate the city’s 18th annual Carnival.
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It helps to have cold storage and room to hold a wake.
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As the Gold Rush brought more settlers to San Francisco, battles erupted over another substance of a similar hue: the egg yolks of a remote seabird colony
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Georgia Gilmore’s cooking fueled the Montgomery bus boycott.
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On the ninth day of Attukal Pongala, an entire city is devoted to women and their sacred offering.
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