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Graham Crackers were invented to stop you from masturbating. πŸͺ
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Dark HistoryAug 06, 2026

Graham Crackers were invented to stop you from masturbating. πŸͺ

Graham Crackers were invented to stop you from masturbating. πŸͺ . . . In 1829, Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham preached that sexual desire caused blindness, insanity, and early death. His cure was a bland whole-wheat cracker so joyless it would extinguish urges. His followers, called Grahamites, ate them by the thousands.

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