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Today in 1911, the birthday of William A. Mitchell, a food inventor whose name might not ring a bell but whose creations - including Pop Rocks, Cool Whip and Tang - are unforgettable. Plus: today in 1905, a story in the Clinton Mirror newspaper with an odd headline: “Man Was Mailed.”

The Scientist Behind Some of Our Favorite Junk Foods (Smithsonian)

"Man Was Mailed." (Clinton Mirror via Google News Archive) 

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