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Podcast: Today In History with The Retrospectors
Episode: Who Invented The Ice Cream Cone?
Description: The world’s first ice cream cone - credited by thousands of thrilled visitors was said to have occurred at the St Louis World’s Fair, on July 23rd, 1904.What’s less clear is which of the fair’s vendors first concocted the viral treat: Charles E. Menches, Ernest Hamwi, Abe Doumar, Albert and Nick Kabbaz, Arnold Fornachou and David Avayou have all been touted as the inventor(s) of the first edible cone.In this episode, The Retrospectors investigate the pre-1904 claims to the creation; ponder why Oyster cones ar...