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Nwcray t1_jdv2rfg wrote

Reply to comment by henryclay1844 in TIL the New York Times, in 1944, Introduced Readers to an Exciting New Food: Pizza by FatherWinter

Close. Really it was mostly vegetables and starches, with regular meat in there too. Meat was expensive, that’s why the phrase “brings home the bacon” means someone who is financially successful. They can afford to eat meat with their breakfast.

Depending on the place and time, of course. But pre-WWII was the Depression, and money was tight for most folks. Before that, in the plains anyway, was the dustbowl.

Interestingly, pork was the most common meat. Chickens are too valuable because they keep producing eggs. Cows would rarely be slaughtered because they are an enormous investment of time and resources (plus they can make milk). Goats are good, but pigs put on a lot more meat much more quickly. As a result, pork (bacon, ham, sausage) were the regular go-to for most people.

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LoryMaster t1_jdv28ag wrote

Reply to TIL Early Superman comics taught kids how to achieve super-strength through exercises in lifting armchairs, getting a super-grip, and achieving super-vision by glancing at distant and near objects repeatedly by Ok_Copy5217

To be fair, if you read the first superman comics (I think at least the first 50 releases, but probably more), he is an extremely, almost superhuman, athletic dude, but not the god that we see in modern superman. He couldn't fly, just jump from roof to roof. He was strong enough to lift a car, not the entire planet, he was reeaaally fast when running, not light speed.

So, training advice wasn't that exaggerated.

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