Ever wondered where your buttery popcorn came from? Here's the incredible history behind popcorn becoming everyone's favourite movie snack.
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According to scientists and archaeologists, popcorn is as old as 8,000 years old and originated in Mexico.
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In early America, eating popcorn became a part of festivities and gatherings such as quilting bees, barn raisings, singing, and banjo playing.
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In the 1700s, popcorn also turned into a popular breakfast cereal that people enjoyed with milk and sugar.
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Around the 1890s, popcorn was widely sold by vendors after the invention of automatic popcorn poppers and portable popcorn machines with gasoline burners.
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Earlier, movie theatres did not welcome popcorn as the films were silent, and popcorn was a noisy snack.
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Around the Great Depression, a lot of audiences went to the movie theatre. Street vendors sold popcorn outside movie theatres.
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Eventually, theatres installed popcorn machines to reap the profits from this popular snack.