Do you know who we have to thank for the expiration dates on Milk bottles? Surprisingly enough, it was the Notorious American Gangster, Al Capone. After his niece had become extremely ill due to drinking bad milk, the powerful Chicago gangster lobbied aggressively for expiration dates to be put on milk for the safety of children and pregnant women.
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Wow; I researched this (some of us agnostics take researching seriously) and found out more facts about Al Capone;
Did you know....
Capone was the first person to open a soup kitchen to feed the poor during the Depression?
At a time of 25 percent unemployment, Capone's kitchens served three meals a day to ensure that everyone who had lost a job could get a meal. Soon, every city and town had a soup kitchen.
Robecology
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Mar 24, 2019
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yes, you are right, l grew up in Chicago, his history is there. My late wife's father worked for a new York gangster by the name of Legs Diamond, l hear he was much more brutal than Capone, but l remember my pop retelling the story of the St Valentines day massacre, now, THAT was savage.
That was very nice of him.... I didn't know you could get sick from spoiled milk though....
Cutiebeauty
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Mar 24, 2019
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i thought it was called yogurt
@LeighShelton me too... Or sour cream..
It depends which bacteria are growing.
@Cutiebeauty, @thislife or sour yogurt
my mom had to quit school in the 6th grade, because of milk fever
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