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September 12, 2012 04:54 pm PDT
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Hershey's Chocolate was once part of US Army soldiers' emergency rations
From the Smithsonian, a photograph marking the Sept. 13, 1857, birthday of Milton S. Hershey, American confectioner, philanthropist and founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company. The company was founded by Hershey in 1894, and produced the first Hershey chocolate bar in 1900. The U.S. Armys requirements were quite specific. For troops engaged in a global [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/1nBVML4D6Ns/chocolate-was-once-part-of-us.html
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