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449: No Such Thing As the Blancmange Olympics

No Such Thing As A Fish

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Cuz Sweets

In 1927 sweets were created in Vienna. And people smoked them. We all load them into the cigarettes. No, but they were created by a guy called Edward Haas III and he was an anti-smoking campaigner who thought it was bad for your health. He wanted to create a tablet that helped people to cut down on smoking or overeating. That was what they were explicitly for. Early advert said no smoking, pezing allowed. But we will allow it anyway.

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