Explanation: John Kellogg invented corn flakes, a popular form of breakfast cereal.

… one of the rationales of John’s culinary thinking was that a simple and bland diet would reduce sexual desire and masturbation.

Funny enough, his brother, William Kellogg (featured here, and the founder of the company which now bears the name), was actually the one who added other ingredients to it so it would actually have some sort of taste.

John Kellogg was not thrilled about the addition.

i’ve heard somewhere that the original idea was to put them in the mattresses of the dormitories at schools so that the boys couldn’t “move around” without making noise. no idea how true that is, but it’s a fun factoid.

Sounds like an effective way to get mice and roaches.

Also, I shift around a lot when I’m trying to sleep. This would be literal hell for me, especially with some creepy puritan rector out in the hallway accusing me of sin every time I roll onto my side…