In the United States, the first cookbook was published in 1796 and it contained a recipes for watermelon rind pickles.

Throughout the South, peanuts were known as "Monkey Nuts," and "Goober peas," before the civil war.

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first (and only) home run.

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