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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Banning Sliced Bread Was Not The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Description: Today in 1943, the US government tried to help the war effort in a way that did NOT go over well. They tried to halt the sales of sliced bread. Plus: for Winnie the Pooh Day, a reminder that there is a world championship for a game from the books known as Poohsticks.
Pre-Sliced Bread Was Once Banned in the United States (Today I Found Out)
Witney's World Poohsticks Championships mark 35 years (BBC)
Our Patreon backers are the best things since sliced bread