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TIL that the earliest form of sushi originated on the Mekong River (parts of Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) between the 5th and 3rd centuries BC. To prevent the fish spoiling in the heat they were gutted packed with glutinous rice and stored in barrels. It spread to China and then Japan.

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