Today Is...National Popcorn Day

The people of Peru have been eating Popcorn since 4700bc but it wasn't until the 1930's that Cinema owners realised that film goers wanted something bland and unhealthy to eat as they watched the likes of Carey Grant and Humphrey Bogart on the silver screen and as Popcorn was cheap to make and they could sell it for an obscene mark-up, kerching!!
Luckily i am not much of a fan of popcorn, lucky because all that saturated fat, salt and sodium means it is great if you are actively looking to clog your arteries or your blood pressure is way too normal, not so great otherwise as one guy found out when his bank balance suddenly improved by $7 million when he sued a popcorn maker in 2012 for his health problems from eating two bags a day for a decade.
Far more serious Health issues arose for 74 people at an Indiana Fair in 1963 when a popcorn machine wiped out 74 people in one night when thousands of people showed up to the state fairgrounds unbeknown that a killer popcorn machine was plotting against them in the concession area.
A faulty propane connector and the machines heating element led to a massive fireball and the resulting explosion killed 74 people but we shouldn't take away from this that all machines are out to harm us, the popcorn is certainly, but we shouldn't completely mistrust machines but that said, keeping the cricket bat
handy when you turn on the toaster may be a wise move.