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(#16) Fast food
Though restaurants have been around for thousands of years, sitting down and waiting for your specially prepared meal had always been a big commitment of time and money. When fast food places came on the scene, they suddenly became a place where anyone could grab a bite for cheap. The trick was refining an assembly line for creating food out of ingredients purchased in bulk, and it paid off in the form of a nearly $200 billion industry.
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(#1) Bread
Bread was everything to the common Frenchman's diet in 18th century Paris. It was so important that bakers were considered public servants and the police controlled bread production. So when there was a massive bread shortage that led to a famine, you better believe everyone was eager to overthrow the government. What followed was known as the French Revolution.
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(#10) Victory Gardens Helped Win World War II
During the second World War, America was rationing certain fundamental foods in order to ensure they had enough to feed their population and their soldiers. Fruits and vegetables were in short supply, so the government asked its citizens to grow their own. More than 20 million Americans started "Victory Gardens" in backyards and on rooftops.
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(#5) Spam
The Allies had millions of troops fighting in World War II, which meant they had to find a way to feed them. SPAM was a protein-rich meal that was easy to ship and had a long shelf-life, so it became the breakfast, lunch, and dinner of the guys who beat the Nazis. They got so sick of it, they started making jokes like "Spam is a ham that didn't pass its physical."
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(#8) Golden Rice Will Save Millions
Vitamin A deficiencies are a pretty big deal, leading to blindness and death for millions all over the world. Well, a new type of rice is being developed that's loaded in Vitamin A to help out people in third world countries. Golden Rice, named for its rich yellow color, is genetically designed for a bowl to provide 60 percent of the average person's daily Vitamin A requirement.
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(#13) Sugar
People love sugar, to the point where it's become one of the biggest cash crops in human history. In fact, the huge demand for the product formed the basis for much of the economic practices during the colonial era. Harvesting and refining sugar cane required a great deal of man power... which gave a lot of business to the transatlantic slave trade.
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Some foods have a long history and symbolic significance, in addition to the quantitative and qualitative difference apparent in holiday meals, some special traditional foods, and their symbolic significance are indispensable. The development of human history is closely related to all kinds of food. Whether it is the Industrial Revolution, the World War, or the history of colonies, they are all changes brought about by the food trade. The army needs food, and human beings need food to survive.
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