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Where does the concept of "breakfast food" come from?

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It's a stock joke that the Holy Roman Empire was the least-accurately named state ever, with none of the 3 words in its name being correct. It's commonly brought up as a comparison whenever someone says a country or political party's name doesn't reflect what it actually is. But is the joke true?

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Where did the legend of Atlantis come from, and how did it become so omnipresent in popular culture?

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Where does the concept of "breakfast food" come from?	356
It's a stock joke that the Holy Roman Empire was the least-accurately named state ever, with none of the 3 words in its name being correct. It's commonly brought up as a comparison whenever someone says a country or political party's name doesn't reflect what it actually is. But is the joke true?	84
Where did the legend of Atlantis come from, and how did it become so omnipresent in popular culture?	18