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She publicly against Hoover’s misuse of labor stats (which were her idea to gather), to the point that journos called her to rebut his statements every time—and he eventually was forced to retire!!

Frances Perkins was the one to review Britain’s unemployment insurance and implement it in the US.! Thank her for that!

In 1650s England, after a Greek brought coffee from Syria, his home was so overwhelmed with people wanting the beverage that ge enabled his servant to open a public stall to sell it.

Coffeehouses soon became hotbeds of journalism and information, much to the chagrin of King Charles, who tried to ban them.

In 1650s England, after a Greek brought the

Since there weren’t even inns in Most of Europe yet, travelers would get fed for free in monasteries, a practice that discontinued during the reformation, when the Catholic choir h and its ilk were banned.

In the Ottoman empire, the emperor would give massive feasts, and any commoner need only go near the palace for a scaled-down offering of free food.

The first Western restaurant was in Pompei in AD 79! It used to be that people just put free food and wares out for travelers, but gradually people began to offer cooked food i. marketplaces. There weee regulations about the cleanliness, and travelers’ journals marvel at the food’s cleanliness and quality.