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french fries

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Both Belgium and France claim to have invented fries.

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Both Belgium and France claim to have invented fries.

From the big bang to french fries

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big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
water4.4 bn yrs ago
seawater4.4 bn yrs ago
saltc. 6,000 BCE
french friesdate unknown