Weird History
Were Corn Flakes Really Invented To Curb Sexual Appetites?
2021 • E63 May 26, 2021 10m
As you pour milk in your cereal bowl every morning, you might not even be fully awake yet, and you probably haven't thought much about the origins of corn flakes. After all, it's a pretty simple, unassuming cereal as far as the modern plethora of sugar-coated options go — some might even call them bland. But the question “Why were corn flakes invented?” actually leads to some shocking (and disturbing) answers.