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    A brief history of the toothpick. - Slate Magazine

    Who knew the history of the toothpick could be so fascinating?

    Quoted: Charles Forster, born in 1826, was a marketing genius who could've sold beef to a vegetarian. At a time when virtually everything was becoming mass produced, he vowed to make a fortune producing wooden toothpicks.

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