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The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks

Ridiculous History

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The History of Mr. Softy Ice Cream Trucks

In 1975, New York City authorities came calling. They charged good humor with almost 250 counts of falsifying records to cover up evidence of bacteria in their ice cream treats. About 10% of all good humor ice cream bars sold between 1972 and 1975 were found to have been tainted by those bacteria. So you said, look, let's go straight to grocery stores. We don't have to be on the trucks anymore.

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