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    1. 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
    2. 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
    3. 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

      2 replies 3 retweets 4 likes
    4. 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
    5. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      You ever wonder if someone invented doughnut holes? The answer is yes, but he died before knowing it.pic.twitter.com/rrwBn6WBWk

      2 replies 5 retweets 10 likes
    6. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      Kinda feel like that one needed a little more reporting, ya know?

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    7. 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

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    8. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      1853, doughnut news from Australia (I think 'diggers' seems to mean soldiers?)pic.twitter.com/p6nFlB3dSb

      4 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    9. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      EIGHTEEN FIFTY THREE. Imagine what had to happen for that 5-line story to make it to print. Here's that whole issue http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1853/03/12/issue.html …

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    10. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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      1879, someone reports that his pet robin has a fondness for doughnuts -- especially hot ones.pic.twitter.com/ESEpphMcvx

      1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016

      1892, the threat of fake doughnuts looms large on April Fool's Daypic.twitter.com/1wlLFIwREF

      8:14 PM - 11 Sep 2016
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        1. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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          Under condition of anonymity, a "Fifth Avenue woman" told the reporter of her doughnut prank. 'Will papa be angry?'pic.twitter.com/VZUHHQIXC3

          1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
        2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
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          There does not appear to have been a followup story on April 2, 1892.

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        1. Nick Horowitz‏ @ztiworoh 11 Sep 2016
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          I am struggling to understand what "barricaded trousers" are

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        2. erin mccann |‏Verified account @mccanner 11 Sep 2016
          Replying to @ztiworoh

          i think they sew the leg holes shut? so you put your legs in but can't get them out

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