Sarah J Hale got The late Pres. Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a Nat' L Holiday (1070 hits)
Fact of the Day Sarah Josepha Hale, an American magazine editor, persuaded Abraham Lincoln to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday. She is also the author of the popular nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
Question: Which breakfast cereal inventor received the patent for flaked cereal in 1884?
A. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
B. Robert General Mills
C. Charles William Post
D. Captain Horatio Crunch
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Answer: Will Keith Kellogg was the founder of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, founded in 1906. In 1894, Will Keith Kellogg's brother Doctor John Harvey Kellogg was trying to improve the diet of hospital patients. He was searching for a digestible bread substitute using the process of boiling wheat. Kellogg accidentally left a pot of boiled wheat to stand and the wheat became tempered (soften). When Kellogg rolled the tempered or softened wheat and let it dry, each grain of wheat emerged as a large thin flake. The flakes turned out to be a tasty cereal. Kellogg had invented corn flakes. On May 31, 1884, John Harvey Kellogg filed for patent for “flaked cereals and process of preparing same.” Patent #558,393 was issued on April 14, 1896 www.triviatoday.com
