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| - The cereal was first made in 1956 in the basement of John Harvey "Milk" Kellogg, brother of acclaimed cereal genius Will Smith "Cookies" Kellogg. John presented his discovery to his conniving son of a bitch brother, who stole the recipe and ran off to his summer house next door, in which he elaborated upon the prototype and created Special K. The improved cereal, complete with lightly toasted wheat-rice flakes and optional berries, was a smash hit. John Harvey attempted to discover the mystery that made Special K so special, but was tragically born with severe dyslexia, rendering him unable to read the ingredients on the side of the box. Stubborn to the bitter end, John Harvey refused to believe that his brother's product was superior to his. John casually seceded his branch of Kellogg from the primary corporation to form his own company, Kelog. The spelling of the company name was a suggestion from John Harvey's plain, tall wife Sarah, who found the double letters in his last name ostentatious. From there, they produced and marketed Regular K in its exceptionally bland state. Regular K was not the roaring success that Special K was, although it did find some niche markets. Kelog quickly became the leading distributor of foodstuffs to orphanages, prisons, public schools, and Switzerland. The no-nonsense cereal was much preferred in other places as well for its lack of what critics of other cereals refer to as "goddamn showboating."
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