Figs cultivated in the Jordan Valley

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Squash was grown in Mexico

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Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence of banana cultivation at Kuk Swamp in the Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Earliest domestication of potato in the neighbourhood of Lake Titicaca.

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Wild olives were collected by Neolithic peoples

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Cereal (grain) production in Syria

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Farmers in China began to farm rice and millet, using man-made floods and fires as part of their cultivation regimen.

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Maize-like plants, derived from the wild teosinte, began to be seen in Mexico.

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Sheep, originating from western Asia, were domesticated with the help of dogs prior to the establishment of settled agriculture,

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Chinese villagers were brewing fermented alcoholic drinks on small and individual scale, with the production process and methods similar to that of an...

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Archaeological evidence of fish processing and long-term storage, at the Atlit-Yam site, in what is now Israel.

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Grapes were first grown for wine in the Southern Caucasus.

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Earliest secure evidence of cheesemaking in Kujawy, Poland.

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Pumpkin fragments found in Mexico are the oldest evidence of Cucurbita pepo.

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Cattle were domesticated in Mesopotamia after settled agriculture was established: 5

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Modern-like maize varieties appear.

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Beans begin to be cultivated in the Americas

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Fossilized remains of possibly cultivated potato tubers on a cave floor in Chilca Canyon.

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Earliest clear evidence of olive domestication and olive oil extraction

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Watermelon, originally domesticated in central Africa, becomes an important crop in northern Africa and southwestern Asia.

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Agriculture reaches north-eastern Europe.

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Dairy is documented in the grasslands of the Sahara.

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Citron seeds in Mesopotamian excavations.

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In Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq), early evidence of beer is a Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, which contains the oldest su...

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Date of the oldest definitive known evidence for popcorn, discovered in New Mexico, United States. It is attributed to the Ancestral Puebloan peoples,...

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Aquaculture starts in China with the farming of the common carp.

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Beer produced in what is today Iran.

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Several breeds of sheep were established in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt: 3

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Palm oil found in a tomb in Abydos.

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Grape cultivation for wine had spread to the Fertile Crescent, the Jordan Valley and Egypt.

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Sunflowers are first cultivated in North America.

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South America's Andes region cultivates potato.

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Archaeological evidence of watermelon cultivation in ancient Egypt. Watermelons appeared on wall paintings; seeds and leaves were deposited in tombs.

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Two alabaster jars found at Saqqara, dating from the First Dynasty of Egypt, contained cheese. These were placed in the tomb about 3000 BC.

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Beer was spread through Europe by Germanic and Celtic tribes

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Domestic pigs, which are descended from wild boars, are known to have existed about 2500 BC in modern-day Hungary and in Troy; earlier pottery from Je...

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Pearl millet was domesticated in the Sahel region of West Africa, evidence for the cultivation of pearl millet in Mali.

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Time range of several sites with archaeological evidence of potato being consumed and cultivated in the South American continent.

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Rice cultivation in the upper and middle Ganges begins.

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Visual evidence of Egyptian cheesemaking found in Egyptian tomb murals.

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Evidence of chocolate drinks in Mokaya and other pre-Olmec people.

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Evidence for cheese (GA.UAR in Sumerian language) in the Sumerian cuneiform texts of Third Dynasty of Ur.

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Rice cultivated in the Niger area.

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Egyptians can purchase a flat (unleavened) bread called ta from stalls in the village streets.

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Rice cultivation spreads to the Middle East and Madagascar.

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Lower bound for the cultivation of cucumbers in the western Asia.

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At this date, tomato was already being cultivated in southern Mexico and probably other areas.: 13

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Confirmed written evidence of ancient beer production in Armenia, from Xenophon's Anabasis.

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Alexander the Great expedition to India brings the knowledge of rice to Romans. However rice did not enter as a cultivated crop: the Romans preferred ...

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Citron brought to Greece by Alexander the Great.

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Citron brought to Palestine by Greek colonists.

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Possible invention of the pretzel. According to some narratives in 610 CE "... n Italian monk invents pretzels as a reward to children who learn their...

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Cod become an important economic commodity in international markets. This market has lasted for more than 1,000 years, enduring the Black Death, wars ...

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By this date, watermelon reached India.

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First mention of hops added to beer, by the Carolingian abbot Adalard of Corbie

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Gorgonzola cheese is mentioned for the first time.

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Watermelons, introduced by the Moorish, reported to be cultivated in Cordoba, Spain.

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The term "pizza" first appears "in a Latin text from the southern Italian town of Gaeta , which claims that a tenant of certain property is to give th...

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Watermelons reach China.

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Wafers are introduced from France into Britain, by the Normans. They were cake-like, however, not crisp like what we today call wafers.

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Evidence of watermelons cultivated in Seville.

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Cheddar cheese documented: A pipe roll of King Henry II from 1170 records the purchase of 10,240 lb (4,640 kg) at a farthing per pound (totaling £10.1...

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The first written references to genever (or jenever), or Dutch gin. Flemish poet Jacob van Maerlant described how to add parts of the juniper tree to ...

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The English cookbook, The Forme of Cury, published, including one of the earliest recipes for frumenty

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Written records of palm oil being used as food from European travelers to West Africa.

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First record of cucumbers cultivation by the Spanish in Hispaniola, Caribbean islands.

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William IV, Duke of Bavaria, adopted the Reinheitsgebot (purity law), perhaps the oldest food-quality regulation still in use in the 21st century, acc...

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Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés may have been the first to transfer a small yellow tomato to Europe after he captured the Aztec city of Tenochtitla...

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Maize introduced into Spain by Hernán Cortés from Mexico

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Spanish conquerors first see potato.

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The earliest discussion of the tomato in European literature appeared in a herbal written in 1544 by Pietro Andrea Mattioli, an Italian physician and ...

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First recorded instance of tomatoes in Italy: on October 31, the house steward of Cosimo de' Medici, the grand duke of Tuscany, wrote to the Medici pr...

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First mention of cucumber cultivation in North America.

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First potato specimens probably reach Spain.

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Potatoes are purchased by the Hospital de la Sangre in Seville.

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Watermelons cultivated in Florida by Spanish settlers.

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Sir Francis Drake meets potatoes in his trip around the world. However he does not bring potatoes back to Great Britain, despite common misconception.

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Guaman Poma de Ayala writes a chronicle of the Incas where he describes and depicts potato and maize cultivation.

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Grits first introduced to European explorers by Native Americans in Roanoke, North Carolina

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First recorded commercial shipment of chocolate to Europe, in a shipment from Veracruz to Seville

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José de Acosta described chuño in his chronicles.

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Caspar Bauhin, Swiss botanist, first described potato scientifically in his Phytopinax, assigning it the current binomial name Solanum tuberosum. Howe...

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William Shakespeare refers to ship biscuits in As You Like It, more resembling modern crackers.

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References to puff pastry, made by placing butter between sheets of rolled dough.

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References to rolled wafers.

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Goldwasser, a gold-infused liqueur and progenitor of Goldschläger, first created in Poland.

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hominy first introduced to European explorers by Native Americans in Jamestown, Virginia

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A trial planting in Virginia is the first cultivation of Rice in the United States.

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Watermelons are widespread in Europe, as a minor garden crop.

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First introduction of watermelons in North America, in Massachusetts.

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Watermelons are now common around the New World.

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Spreading of potato cultivation in the Netherlands.

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The government mandates the cultivation of potatoes in Germany.

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The Accomplisht Cook, an English cookery book published by the professional cook Robert May

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The British Royal Society sponsors the cultivation of potatoes.

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The earliest discovered cookbook with tomato recipes was published in Naples.: 17

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Sparkling beer as we know it appears, due to maturation in bottles becoming available.

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Potatoes first introduced in North America: Scottish-Irish settlers bring them to New Hampshire.

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The Compleat Housewife, an English cookery book written by Eliza Smith is published in London

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The harsh winter of 1740 damages many crops but not potatoes, hastening their adoption in Europe.

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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, an English cookbook is published by Hannah Glasse

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Egg nog was invented in North Carolina and was a common alcoholic beverage.

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Baker's Chocolate Company origins. John Hannon and physician Dr. James Baker start importing cocoa beans and producing chocolate in Dorchester, Massac...

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The sandwich earns its name from English aristocrat John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who preferred to eat sandwiches so he could play cards without...

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Soda Water was invented in Leeds, England.

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Potato introduced in Australasia by Captain James Cook.

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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier writes the treaty Examen chymique des pommes de terres, promoting the introduction of potato in France.

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First shops selling ice cream appear in North America.

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Captain James Cook introduces watermelons to the Hawaii islands.

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Guinness beer. Arthur Guinness begins making dark porter beers (although he had begun brewing ales in Dublin in 1759, which is the founding date featu...

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King Arthur Baking Company origins. Originally founded in Boston, Massachusetts, by Henry Wood, an importer and distributor of English-milled flour. K...

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Potatoes are finally firmly part of the Dutch cuisine.

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New potato varieties are brought from Chile to Europe, in an attempt to widen disease resistance of European potatoes. The import could have instead i...

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Bent's water crackers produced by G. H. Bent Company, one of the earliest branded foods.

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First modern production process for dried milk was invented by the Russian physician Osip Krichevsky in 1802. The first commercial production of dried...

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Gyuhap chongseo ("Women's Encyclopedia"), including many recipes, published in Korea

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Menier Chocolate company (Chocolat Menier) founded by Antoine Brutus Menier as a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Paris, at a time when chocolate was us...

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The Virginia House-Wife cookbook published. Includes recipe for "Mary Randolph's Transparent Pudding," an early version of chess pie

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Baking powder is invented by food manufacturer, Alfred Bird.

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Soufflé potatoes invented by accident.

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Bird's Custard invented by Alfred Bird

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Knorr international brand of packaged foods founded by Carl Heinrich Theodor Knorr in Germany, who pioneered methods of drying seasonings and vegetabl...

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Alto Grande (Hacienda Alto Grande) began producing coffee in Lares, Puerto Rico. The brand later expanded to producing rum.

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Edmond Albius, a 12-year-old slave who lived on the French island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, discovered that vanilla could be hand-pollinated. Ha...

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Hand cranked freezer invented by Nancy M. Johnson, credited for the fast diffusion of ice cream.

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Potato blight infection (1845-1852) leads to famine in Ireland, killing or forcing the emigration of 1.5 million Irish people.

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Lindt chocolate company founded (date provided by the Lindt & Sprüngli company). David Sprüngli founded his chocolate company in 1836, moved it in 1...

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One of America's first candy-making machines invented in Boston by English-born pharmacist, Oliver Chase, to make "Chase Lozenges," the precursor to N...

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The Carolina Housewife cookbook published, including one of the earliest recipes for peanut brittle, referred to as "groundnut candy" (the term "peanu...

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First commercially produced chewing gum, State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum, introduced by John Curtis.

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One of the earliest recipes for butterscotch, in the Liverpool Mercury

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First flavored paraffin chewing gum created by John Curtis.

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Mayer Brothers apple cider mill founded in West Seneca, NY by Jacob Mayer and remains one of the oldest family-owned businesses in the state.

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Cook's California Champagne. Isaac Cook created the first American champagne.

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El Cocinero Puerto-Riqueño o Formulario, Puerto Rico's first cookbook, including earliest written recipes for mofongo.

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Ronrico brand rum origin date as promoted on their product.

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Upper Silesia Brewery founded in Zabrze

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Tauras (formerly Vilniaus Tauras) brewery founded in Vilnius

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Earliest known fish and chips shops opened in London by Eastern European Jewish immigrant Joseph Malin, and by John Lees in Mossley, Lancashire.

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Black velvet cocktail invented to mourn the death of Prince Albert.

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Popcorn balls, one of the most popular confections in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, recipe first appears in the Housekeeper's Enc...

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Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management published in Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton.

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President Lincoln establishes the Department of Agriculture, including the Bureau of Chemistry, which is the predecessor of the Food and Drug Administ...

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Gulden's mustard company founded by Charles Gulden in New York City, producing a spicy brown mustard from a secret recipe, although the original recip...

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Rhum Barbancourt producer, Société du Rhum Barbancourt, is founded in Haiti, making rum from pure sugar cane juice.

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Café du Monde, famous for their beignets and café au lait with chicory, opens as a coffee stand in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Perrier mineral water traces its origin to 1862, the year Napoleon III authorizing the use of Les Bouillens springs in Vergèze, and the water was firs...

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Fruit salad. One of the first recipes for fruit salad appeared in What to Cook and How to Eat It by Peirre Blot in New York.

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Coca wine, said to be a precursor of Coca-Cola, invented by French-Corsican chemist Angelo Mariani. The coca-based liqueur, Agwa de Bolivia, apparentl...

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London Dry Gin, a dryer version than the typical Old Tom gin of the time, created by James Burrough in Chelsea, forefather of the Hayman family. Cons...

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Granula, the first manufactured breakfast cereal and precursor to Grape Nuts is invented by James Caleb Jackson. The heavy bran nuggets needed soakin...

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Confederate Receipt Book publishced in Richmond VA

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Hacienda Mercedita, under Juan Serrallés, begins producing rum. Their Don Q rum brand was launched in 1932.

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Vernor’s Ginger Ale introduced

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Hot dog invented by Charles Feltman for his food stall in Coney Island by pairing a frankfurter with a bread bun.

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Ambrosia fruit salad recipe debuts in Dixie Cookery cookbook by Maria Massey Barringer.

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Tabasco sauce invented by Edmund McIlhenny in Louisiana; first sold the following year and patented in 1870.

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Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès invents margarine, winning the prize offered by Napoleon III to invent a suitable substitute for butter. The original substitut...

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Thomas Adams buys chicle, the milky latex of the sapodilla tree, from exiled Mexican President, Antonio López de Santa Anna, in the hopes of processin...

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Thomas Adams markets “New York Chewing Gum”

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Beginning of international banana trade when American ship's captain Lorenzo Dow Baker purchased 160 bunches of bananas in Jamaica and resold them in ...

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Beef Stroganov recipe first appears as "Beef à la Stroganov, with mustard" in the 1871 edition of A Gift to Young Housewives (Russian: Подарок молодым...

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Thomas Adams patents first chewing gum-making machine and begins producing chicle-based gum as a novelty item with no flavorings or additives.

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Malted milk invented and marketed in England by James Horlick, and in 1873 started the J & W Horlicks company with his brother in Chicago. The first ...

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Milk chocolate in solid form invented by Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter (initially meant for making a drink). Peter also created the first milk choco...

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Wheatena first advertised by George H. Hoyt

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William White discovers how to flavor chicle, using peppermint, and marketing it as Yucatan chewing gum

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Tom Collins cocktail recipe, with Old Tom gin, lime or lemon, and soda water, first published in Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender’s Manual, ...

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Thomas Adams begins adding licorice flavoring to his chicle gum, marketed as Adams Black Jack.

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Salisbury steak; an early description of its preparation.

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1885-1904: Depending on claims, range for the invention of the modern hamburger sandwich.

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Canada bans margarine

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Jonathan Primely makes the first fruit-flavored chewing gum, sold as Kis-Me

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Brugal rum company founded by Spanish-Dominican, Andrés Brugal Montaner

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Thomas Adams' “Tutti Frutti” becomes first chewing gum sold in vending machines, which were placed in NYC subway stations.

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Beeman's gum invented (elsewhere reported as 1882)

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Henry Fleer purportedly invents Chiclets, the first commercially available candy-coated chewing gum

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William Wrigley Jr. introduces the Vassar, Lotta, and Sweet 16 chewing gum brands.

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Experimental plantations of rice in Australia begin, in New South Wales.

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Del Monte brand begins selling canned peaches. Although the company had been selling coffee under the Del Monte name (named for the Del Monte hotel in...

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William Wrigley Jr. introduces Spearmint Pepsin gum

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Cream of Wheat introduced by Scottish-born chief miller, Tom Amidon

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Juicy Fruit gum introduced

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Granulated gelatin first commercially available, invented by the Knox Company, followed by Jell-O a few years later.

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Walker's Nonsuch toffee manufacturer founded

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Postum coffee substitute beverage made from roasted wheat bran and molasses invented by C. W. Post. The "instant" drink mix version was developed in ...

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Waldorf salad containing only apples, celery, and mayonnaise created for a charity ball for the St. Mary's Hospital for Children at the Waldorf-Astori...

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Yaucono coffee company established in Puerto Rico

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First self-service restaurant (the "Stollwerck-Automatenrestaurant") opens in Berlin's Leipziger Straße.

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Crème caramel in its modern form, with soft caramel on top, and prepared and cooked using a bain-marie, is first documented in La cuisinière provençal...

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Grape Nuts introduced

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Al Ahram brewery founded

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Dos Equis first brewed by the German-Mexican Wilhelm Hasse

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Gallo (Famosa) Guatemalan beer introduced

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Cotton candy-spinning machine invented by dentist William Morrison and confectioner John C. Wharton, and first introduced to a wide audience at the 19...

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Brunswick stew introduced

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Tarte Tatin introduced

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Lane cake introduced

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Walkers Shortbread introduced

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Pepsi Cola introduced

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Barq's Root Beer introduced

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Gin sour introduced

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Perrier mineral water

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Jelly beans; first known reference in writing.

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Oysters Rockefeller introduced

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Club sandwich introduced

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American Chicle Company founded

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Dentyne gum created by New York druggist, Franklin V. Canning

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Licorice Allsorts introduced

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Maltex hot cereal introduced

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Dentyne gum introduced

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Clark's Teaberry chewing gum invented by Charles Burke

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Jello salad. One of the earliest examples of jello salad is Perfection Salad, developed by Mrs. John E. Cook of New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1904.

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Ovomaltine (later known as Ovaltine), originally consisting of malt, milk, eggs, and cocoa invented by Swiss chemist, Albert Wander.

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Lactobacillus bulgaricus, the lactic acid-producing bacteria, discovered by Stamen Grigorov as the true cause for the existence of natural yogurt.

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Gumballs and gumball machines introduced

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Tootsie Roll chocolate taffy, invented by Leo Hirschfield, is first sold by the Stern & Saalberg company

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Orange Crush invented

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Blueberries, domesticated, first reach the market.

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Bread-slicing machine invented by Otto Rohwedder, although it would not enter use before 1928 however.

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Violet Crumble chocolate bar introduced by Hoadley's Chocolates in South Melbourne

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Doublemint gum introduced by Wrigley

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Thomas Adams introduces Clove brand gum

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El Presidente cocktail, earliest claimed origin date, although there are multiple claims as to the invention of the cocktail.

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Fox's Glacier Mints introduced as "Acme Clear Mint Fingers" by Eric Fox, later named Fox's Glacier Mints in 1919

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Campbell Cereal Company founded, producing Malt-O-Meal, a combination of farina wheat and malted barley, as an alternative to Cream of Wheat (1893).

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Flake chocolate bar introduced by Cadbury

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French fries introduced in the United States by returning First World War soldiers.

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Minties candy invented by James Noble Stedman

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Red River Cereal introduced by the Red River Grain Co.

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Botan Rice Candy invented by Seika Foods

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McVitie's chocolate digestive biscuit introduced

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Mr. Goodbar candy bar with peanuts and chocolate introduced by The Hershey Company.

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Wrigley introduces PK Gum (discontinued in 1975)

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One of the earliest references to lucky tattie candy, in the Dundee Evening Telegraph

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Heath chocolate toffee bar introduced by the Heath Brothers Confectionery

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Walter Diemer, working for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, invents Dubble Bubble, the first bubble gum

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Crunchie chocolate-covered honeycomb toffee candy bar introduced by J. S. Fry & Sons

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Fruit cocktail first sold commercially, first by Barron–Gray, then California Packing Corporation under its Del Monte brand a few years later.

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Gum trading cards introduced

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Tootsie Pop invented by an employee of The Sweets Company of America (later Tootsie Roll Industries)

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Peter Paul Co. sells a charcoal gum, advertising on Mounds box

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Farex baby cereal first produced by the company Glaxo.

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Milo chocolate-flavoured malted powder invented by Australian chemist Thomas Mayne

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Green papaya salad. One of the earliest known recipe of som tam in Thailand appeared in the Yaowapha cookbook series by Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid i...

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Presidente beer introduced in 1935 in the Dominican Republic in honor of then-president Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Originally a dark beer, it was rema...

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Quality Street first produced by Mackintosh's

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Maltesers first sold in the UK

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Malta India carbonated malt beverage introduced

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The McDonalds brothers open their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15 in San Bernardino, California

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Akta-Vite chocolate flavouring for milk invented by George Nicholas near Melbourne

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White Rabbit Creamy Candy introduced

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Bazooka Bubble Gum introduced

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Canada lifts the ban on margarine.

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Nestlé Quik drink mix for chocolate-flavored milk launched (became Nesquik in 1999)

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Polo breath mint introduced by Rowntree's Factory, York

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Harvey’s Sugarless Gum introduced

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Maypo introduced by the Maltex Corporation

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First commercial fish fingers. The American company Gorton-Pew Fisheries, now known as Gorton's, was the first company to introduce a frozen ready-to-...

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Piña colada. 1953 or 1954 are both claimed dates of invention at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in Puerto Rico, as well as 1963 at the Barrachina restaurant.

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Daim chocolate caramel almond bar introduced

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The instant noodle was invented by Momofuku Ando of Nissin Foods in Japan, and launched the same year.

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The first conveyor belt sushi restaurant, Mawaru Genroku Sushi, opens in Higashiosaka.

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Nestle Nestum introduced

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Caramac caramel bar introduced by Mackintosh's

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The invention of the potato water gun knife facilitates the mass production of French fries by fast food restaurants.

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Dalgona candy becomes a popular street food in Korea

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Invention of the Chorleywood bread process.

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Toffo toffee (originally named Toff-O-Lux until 1975) introduced by Mackintosh’s

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The iconic Australian biscuit Tim Tam enters the market.

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Pop Rocks fizzing candy introduced by General Foods (although it had been invented and patented earlier, in 1961)

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Medalla Light beer introduced to commemorate the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico.

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Skor chocolate toffee bar introduced by The Hershey Company

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Fruit Roll-Ups introduced

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Goldschläger, a gold-infused cinnamon schnapps based on goldwasser, the Polish liqueur from 1606 is introduced. It becomes a popular drink in the 199...

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McFlurry soft serve dessert introduced by McDonald's

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The Dutch Kapsalon and the Indonesian Ayam Geprek are both culinary product invented in 2003.

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Professor Mark Post at Maastricht University pioneered a proof-of-concept for cultured meat by creating the first hamburger patty grown directly from ...

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The art of making Neapolitan pizza was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.

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