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TIL Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of pie in 1644, declaring it a pagan form of pleasure. For 16 years, pie eating and making went underground until the Restoration leaders lifted the ban on pie in 1660.

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RMkQ TIL that Ann Landers was responsible for the urban legend of people putting razor blades in children’s halloween candy.
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