Atlantic Trivia: Mystery Meat
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I trust everyone enjoyed a happy holiday week and did not inhale so much pyrotechnic exhaust as to be hazy on today’s Atlantic Trivia. The last question is particularly tricky—penny for your thoughts?
Atlantic Trivia
Meat
Vacation
Paris
In 1918, the American Museum of Natural History served cuts of what animal at an unusual luncheon that newspapers considered a fitting revenge for the biblical figure of Jonah?
And by the way, did you know that the term mystery meat became popular around the time of World War II, thanks in part to soldiers deriding their rations of tinned “bully”—or boiled—beef? The pork-based Spam eventually entered the picture, and advertisers attempted to convince GIs that it was an upgrade; for a time, they marketed it as “miracle meat.”
Until tomorrow!
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