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🗓️ 30 May 2025
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A Russian-based candy has a morose history going back decades.
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| 0:29.7 | perplexed. A Soviet snack. |
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| 1:09.9 | Music I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leeb. And this is Ghost Town. In Soviet Russia, food was meant to be practical and nutritional. |
| 1:15.4 | But sometimes the Soviet Union took their utilitarian responsibility a little bit too seriously. |
| 1:22.0 | Even children's candy wasn't made for the pure pleasure of consumption. |
| 1:26.3 | It too had to be useful, nutrient-dense, |
| 1:29.2 | and healthy. But one Russian candy bar had a controversial secret ingredient that, in my humble |
| 1:35.6 | opinion, pushed the limits of function. The candy was made with blood, and not only was it |
| 1:42.2 | enjoyed by thousands, it still bought and sold today. |
| 1:46.9 | Introducing hematogen, Russia's candy bar made with blood. Bon Appetit. Humans have a long history |
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