2936: Cotton Candy Jan 4, 2025

 Fairy floss was the original name of cotton candy when it debuted at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri. This name now only remains as the term in Australian English, having been supplanted by candy floss in Britain, or cotton candy in the United States.

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