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The Daily Extra #75

The creation of the tea bag was an accident

Back in 1904, an American tea trader named Thomas Sullivan shipped tea samples to Europe in little silk pouches so they wouldn’t get mixed up during the voyage. When the recipients got them, they mistakenly dipped the bags into boiling water, and voila, the tea bag was born! 50 Weird Facts That Most People Don’t Know

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