An English king used to like eating rotten oysters.
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When a pineapple was first shown to the infamous glutton King Louis XIV, he immediately grabbed it and took a giant bite. He cut his lips. After that, he outlawed pineapples in France.
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Professor William Buckland acquired the dried out heart of King Louis XIV, provided by grave robbers. He ate it!
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In the early part of this century, Fletcherism was popular. It was an inexpensive diet of milk, potatoes, cereals and maple sugar, among other things. Most unusual about Fletcherism, however, was that you were supposed to chew each bite of food for a very long time before swallowing. Furthermore, you were to swish milk and other liquids around in your mouth for at least fifteen seconds before swallowing. The leader of this fad, Horace Fletcher, was quite healthy. In 1899, when he was fifty years old, he could outperform athletes less than half his age. For instance, he could ride a bicycle two hundred miles in a single day. And not a sleek ten-speed bike, but the machine of the day, a single-speed machine.
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Perhaps the most exotic annual culinary affair was hosted by Clodius, a rich Roman actor who had one hundred birds given voice lessons at a cost of approximately $250 per bird. He then had these birds made into a pie for his guests. He then offered a drink which contained a dissolved pearl worth about one-half million dollars.
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Historians tell us that a sweet onion was the favorite dessert of the Romans.
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Just before a game, Babe Ruth was taken to a hospital due to extreme stomach pain. He had eaten twelve hot dogs in a row!
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All members of the Roman empire were vegetarians until Julias Caesar.
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In Old England, people drank beer at breakfast.
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In the old days, people did not buy beer in bottles or cans at the 7-11 store. They went to the tavern and carried the beer home in a bucket.
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Chop suey was invented in America.

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