Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for October 11, 2014
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Was it that bad?! Margarine was banned in Canada until 1948. Cuban Henry Vergara Negrin windsurfed the 100 mile strait between Cuba and Florida in February 2014. He was allowed to stay in the US because he hadn't been intercepted at sea. King Ludwig II of our very a (1845-1886) ate alone at a table set for imaginary guests- he believed that he dined with ghosts of dead kings and queens.
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It wasn’t that margarine was bad, but the dairy industry saw it as a threat to butter sales, and big dairy had great lobbyists. In some states, it couldn’t be sold with yellow coloring already mixed in. Instead, it came with a dye packet and you had to massage it into the unappetizingly white margarine until it was all mixed together.