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    1. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      (literally NOTHING we do in journalism in 2016 is new, people.)

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
    2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      1935, a freshman at Brown wins a doughnut contest by eating 20. I like to think his dad was that WWI vet.pic.twitter.com/BbCLFrvnTX

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    3. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      'Howes in his feat won a bet with four other studenst of Brown'

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      !! 1936, we begin to get photographs! 'GLORY OF DOUGHNUT REVIVED AT A PARTY' http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/05/14/88659686.html?pageNumber=3 …pic.twitter.com/oJeBfWqNGz

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    5. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      Major Purviance made ONE MILLION DONUTS during the war. Here's how:pic.twitter.com/01ADy9wCQP

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    6. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      1937 -- i swear I am not making this up -- Hitler rations donutspic.twitter.com/j2D2ibc0e8

      3 replies 11 retweets 17 likes
    7. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      "You know WHO ELSE banned doughnuts?" No one. I can't find anyone else in the archive who banned doughnuts. Just Hitler.

      2 replies 4 retweets 15 likes
    8. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      I did, however, find that Germany's bellicose attitude toward baked goods was well established before 1937.pic.twitter.com/s4s4QUsBjC

      3 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    9. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      1909, "Boston and New York … were in a fit state of fissiparism in regard to the doughnut' http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/07/10/101740890.html?pageNumber=15 …pic.twitter.com/J9Sre80BbX

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    10. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      wait wait wait I can't let "cops" or "teens" show up in a story, but 1909 eds were ok with "fissiparism" which i swear to god is not a word

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
      erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016

      You ever wonder if someone invented doughnut holes? The answer is yes, but he died before knowing it.pic.twitter.com/rrwBn6WBWk

      7:58 PM - 11 Sep 2016
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        1. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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          Kinda feel like that one needed a little more reporting, ya know?

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        2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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          Speaking of doughnut news that raises more questions than answers, @colbywg has a point https://twitter.com/colbywg/status/775166149138919432 …pic.twitter.com/rpWkYigunj

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        1. Nick Horowitz‏ @ztiworoh 11 Sep 2016
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          There's a hidden speakeasy in a donut shop in Alexandria, VA named for this very Captain Gregory. It is very good.

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