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June 5, 2014 02:30 pm GMT
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15 Bizarre Cereal Facts That Stay Crunchy, Even in Milk
From eggs and bacon to pancakes and waffles, none of these morning staples stand up against the all-American champion breakfast food: sweet, crunchy cereal
Fruity, puffy, crispy, flakey — we'll eat the simple snack all with reckless abandon
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We dove into the giant bowl of cereal history to pull up 15 bit-sized facts about this crunchy breakfast staple
1. Corn Flakes were invented to discourage masturbation.
In 1894, Michigan-based physician Dr. John Harvey Kellogg invented the classic cereal while developing a dietary plan for his patients at the Black Creek Sanitarium. Kellogg believed spicy foods increased sexual desire, and prescribed his patients a diet of bland foods to curb it Read more...
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