Permanent claim record · Battle Creek, Michigan

In 1894 the Kellogg brothers accidentally created flaked cereal by leaving cooked wheat out and running it through rollers.

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Predicate	trivia.fact
Subject	Battle Creek, Michigan (place)
As of
Status	Verified
Source	Famous Michiganders, Pop Culture & Trivia Report — Perplexity Deep Research (2026) (trust 6.5/10)
Reference	—
Document hash	pending evidence-pack link
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Claim ID	c6e240e1-e686-4984-a235-da3e1c5009ae