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TIL the actual truth behind the fashion industry

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pYQRA TIL that Rumford’s Soup, invented around 1800 by Benjamin Thompson, was an early scientific effort to create cheap, nutritious food. Made from barley, peas, potatoes, and sour beer, it fed the poor, prisoners, and was a common military ration in Central Europe for much of the 19th and 20th centuries
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