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TIL A framed decree from L'Arte dei Salaroli (1250) on the wall of Bologna roughly translates to, “If you make fake mortadella without the approval of the Salaroli, your body will be stretched on the rack three times, you will be fined 200 gold coins, and all the food you make will be destroyed.”

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