1. It was invented by accident
- The spark came in 1921 when a health clinician in Minneapolis was mixing bran gruel for his patients and accidentally spilled some of the goop on the hot stove. It turned into a crispy flake, and the dude realized people might be more into that than bran gruel.
- After that clumsy clinician took his invention to the Washburn Crosby Company and the head miller tinkered with the recipe, it was time to name the stuff. Washburn decided to hold a company-wide contest. One employee suggested Gold Medal Wheat Flakes, another suggested Nutties, but Jane Bausman (the wife of the export manager) clinched it with Wheaties.
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