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Candles on birthday cakes go back at least to 18th-century Germany.
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Candles on birthday cakes go back at least to 18th-century Germany.
From the big bang to birthday cake
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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Lilithium13.8 bn yrs ago
concretec. 300 BCE
refinery1856
candledate unknown
birthday cakedate unknown