For most of us, popcorn is synonymous with movie theaters.
We go to the movies, buy a popcorn, and enjoy the show without even thinking twice about it, but popcorn wasn't always the go to movie snack.
In fact, this little thing was actually banned.
So, how did popcorn go from being banned to saving movie theaters?
Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobby.
Popcorn started in South America where people were popping maize over 8,000 years ago.
Back then though, the popping of it was actually the entertainment itself.
It's said that North Americans went to Chile on business, found varieties of the popcorn, thought they were cute, and brought them back to New England in the 1800s.
Popcorn quite literally popped into the scene and thanks to the creation of the mobile steam powered popcorn maker by Charles Cretors in 1893, you could find the snack almost anywhere.
Sporting events, circuses, fairs, but just not at the theaters.
