Five rounds. Two strange stories each. Only one made the paper. Choose which one you think is real, then see the proof.
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The five historical items from this edition, with their newspaper proof. Play first if you want to guess.
Police said an argument about the best way to cook spaghetti escalated into a knife incident at a Revere roadhouse. Three men suffered wounds and were hospitalized. The newspaper did not explain which cooking methods started the dispute.
The Boston Daily Globe · 1946-07-03
Open the original newspaper ↗Clarence Saunders’s Keedoozle scheme let shoppers select groceries with a special key and receive their order through an automated delivery system. The newspaper illustration showed the shopping sequence. It was an ambitious attempt to mechanize grocery shopping.
The Decatur Daily Review · 1937-02-27
Open the original newspaper ↗A Grumman scientist described construction material incorporating ingredients such as milk powder, starch, hominy grits and banana flakes. After preparation it could be eaten. The proposal involved suitable interior components, not astronauts chewing through an operating spacecraft’s outer hull.
The Evening News · 1963-05-04
Open the original newspaper ↗A publicity photograph introduced Pat Carmen as Miss Canned Foods Month. Her oversized can opener served as an unmistakable symbol for the promotion, which celebrated canned goods.
The Anderson Herald · 1958-09-25
Open the original newspaper ↗A profile of the vice president described him going home from elegant diplomatic dinners to cottage cheese topped with ketchup. The article traced the taste to his Quaker grandmother. This round rests on the contemporary profile’s description of his snack.
Los Angeles Times · 1960-03-14
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