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Room Service, 1925

Reality Called In Sick

Find the 5 things that don’t belong in 1925.

TipOpen one step at a time. The answer always asks twice, so nothing gets spoiled by accident.

1NudgeOpen

Cross off the decoys first. These look modern but were fine in 1925: Waldorf salad (1896), tea bags (1908) and Coca-Cola (1886).

2CloserOpen

One intruder is sliced bread: first sold sliced 7 Jul 1928.

Still to find: a vegetable, a cookie, a snack cake and a drink.

3AnswerAsks twice

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★Solved it? The story behind the datesContains the answers

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Everything in the document on one timeline. Yellow dots arrived too late.

1886Coca-ColaFine
First sold 8 May 1886.Source: Georgia Historical Society
1896Waldorf saladFine
Created at the Waldorf hotel in the 1890s.Source: Wikipedia
1908Tea bagsFine
About 1908 (Thomas Sullivan).Source: UK Tea & Infusions Association
1925 · the document is dated here
1927Kool-AidNot yet
Invented 1927 (as “Kool-Ade”).Source: Nebraska Studies
1928Sliced breadNot yet
First sold sliced 7 Jul 1928.Source: TIME
1930Frozen peasNot yet
Frozen food first sold to the public 6 Mar 1930 (Birds Eye).Source: Mass Moments
1930TwinkiesNot yet
Created 6 Apr 1930.Source: Wikipedia
1938Chocolate chip cookiesNot yet
Recipe first published 1938 (Toll House).Source: Library of Congress

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