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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

No. Let's at least give out like three facts first.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

All right. How about this then? I'll start you out with the word cake. Apparently is an old Norse word, kaka, which is kind of funny because I don't know where it came from. But here in America, kaka can mean doo-doo. Yeah. But K-A-K-A is where the original word supposedly came from.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

All right. How about this then? I'll start you out with the word cake. Apparently is an old Norse word, kaka, which is kind of funny because I don't know where it came from. But here in America, kaka can mean doo-doo. Yeah. But K-A-K-A is where the original word supposedly came from.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

All right. How about this then? I'll start you out with the word cake. Apparently is an old Norse word, kaka, which is kind of funny because I don't know where it came from. But here in America, kaka can mean doo-doo. Yeah. But K-A-K-A is where the original word supposedly came from.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

Yeah, they'd add a little honey to it, but it's not like what we think of as cake today.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

Yeah, they'd add a little honey to it, but it's not like what we think of as cake today.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

Yeah, they'd add a little honey to it, but it's not like what we think of as cake today.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

It seems like, I bet the Chinese were doing it too, didn't say in here. Right. But it seems like anytime you're talking about who did stuff first. It's like Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans. Pretty much. I mean, you know, ancient civilization. But maybe not China because it doesn't seem like a very cakey culture.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

It seems like, I bet the Chinese were doing it too, didn't say in here. Right. But it seems like anytime you're talking about who did stuff first. It's like Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans. Pretty much. I mean, you know, ancient civilization. But maybe not China because it doesn't seem like a very cakey culture.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

It seems like, I bet the Chinese were doing it too, didn't say in here. Right. But it seems like anytime you're talking about who did stuff first. It's like Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, and Romans. Pretty much. I mean, you know, ancient civilization. But maybe not China because it doesn't seem like a very cakey culture.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

I bet you someone knows, though. And I bet you there's like one of the best things in the world. It's probably a Chinese cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

I bet you someone knows, though. And I bet you there's like one of the best things in the world. It's probably a Chinese cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

I bet you someone knows, though. And I bet you there's like one of the best things in the world. It's probably a Chinese cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

That's right. I mean, clearly, like in Germany, like you talked about in the 15th century, they were making cakes. They were actually even serving cakes at birthdays. And by all accounts, that's probably the first people to start the birthday cake tradition. But and I think they even put candles on top. Well, none of the Greeks put candles on top, but it wasn't like a happy birthday cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

That's right. I mean, clearly, like in Germany, like you talked about in the 15th century, they were making cakes. They were actually even serving cakes at birthdays. And by all accounts, that's probably the first people to start the birthday cake tradition. But and I think they even put candles on top. Well, none of the Greeks put candles on top, but it wasn't like a happy birthday cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

That's right. I mean, clearly, like in Germany, like you talked about in the 15th century, they were making cakes. They were actually even serving cakes at birthdays. And by all accounts, that's probably the first people to start the birthday cake tradition. But and I think they even put candles on top. Well, none of the Greeks put candles on top, but it wasn't like a happy birthday cake.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

No, it was more like, hey, this cake is round like the moon. And we're going to put candles on it to make them glow. And they're probably huge candles now that I think about it.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

No, it was more like, hey, this cake is round like the moon. And we're going to put candles on it to make them glow. And they're probably huge candles now that I think about it.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

No, it was more like, hey, this cake is round like the moon. And we're going to put candles on it to make them glow. And they're probably huge candles now that I think about it.

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Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

That's right. And then the Germans in the 1400s started doing birthday cakes. And in the 1700s were... full-on, like, it's a kid's birthday party, it's got candles, it's a cake, and we'll sing some depressing German song.