M&M's copied the candy that inspired them

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Observing soldiers eating a rival brand of candy-coated chocolate spheres that bypassed melting, the visionary simply copied the exact concept, aggressively marketed it, and crushed the original inspiration. Sometimes innovation is just blatant plagiarism with a better budget.

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How did French pharmacist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier successfully trick peasants into eating the dreaded potato in 1785?

People once chewed tea leaves for caffeine

What is the highly manipulative reason bacon and eggs became the standard American breakfast?

What highly specific medical purpose drove Dr. John Harvey Kellogg to invent his famous Corn Flakes?

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