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Remnants of popcorn have been found in Mexico
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Popping of the kernels was achieved by hand on the stovetop through the 19th century
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The term popped corn first appeared in John Russell Bartlett’s 1848 Dictionary of Americanisms.
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Charles Cretor invent the popcorn maker.
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During the Great Depression, popcorn was fairly inexpensive at 5–10 cents a bag and became popular.
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Midwestern theater owner named Glen W. Dickson installed popcorn machines in the lobbies of his theaters.
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During World War II, sugar rations diminished candy production, and Americans compensated by eating three times as much popcorn as they had before.
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In 1970, Orville Redenbacher's namesake brand of popcorn was launched.
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In 1981, General Mills received the first patent for a microwave popcorn bag, with popcorn consumption seeing a sharp increase by tens of thousands of pounds in the years following.
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Nowadays,popcorn has became one of the must have when we go to movie, and popcorn is it also a popular snack all over the world.
