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Lawrence Tarazano, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Before the age of pumpkin spice everything, there was pumpkin pie. The first English settlers brought the concept of pie to the American colonies.

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Comedians have always wanted to be pop and rock stars — or at least, enough of them have gotten comfortable with a guitar and a drum track to make it seem so. It’s a long and eclectic ...