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[–] zakobjoa 45 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Kellogg developed corn flakes as a deliberately bland food to stifle people's libido in his weirdo health resorts. It is worth reading up on, or catch the episode of the Behind the Bastards podcast on Kellogg, aptly named "The Great American Cum Doctor".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Lol wtf. I love that podcast though so I'll check it out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's also a great movie about this called The Road To Wellville.

[–] rhaegar_shaka 3 points 2 years ago

There's also a YouTube channel called Hook which goes into the history of various brands/companies