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Today, November 3rd, is National Sandwich Day, because it’s the birthday of the man who created the food item, John Montagu (1718-1792), the Fourth Earl of Sandwich (seriously). Supposedly, Montagu invented the food during a marathon 24-hour gambling session during which he wanted to be able to eat with only one hand. The solution he [...]

One of our absolute all-time favorite Onion articles was this hilarious piece about an ill-conceived McDonald’s mascot named the Hammurderer, who killed the restaurant’s other mascots and stole their burgers to satisfy his cravings. Certainly no real restaurant promotion has ever failed so disastrously, but several featured in mental_floss’s listicle of 7 Food Promotions Gone [...]

So apparently there was a big scare over contaminated peanut butter in the U.S. recently, but we just kept on eating our regular two jars per week and we felt fine. No, we’re not in the pockets of the peanut and peanut butter lobbies (if you must know, our flashy new peanut-powered car was something [...]