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Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" influenced Teddy Roosevelt to help pass this act abbreviated the PFDA

Breeding female Antarctic fur seals rely almost totally on these shrimplike crustaceans for food

This animal, the chief sustenance of the Plains Indians, was nearly extinct by 1880

In 1918 as many as 2 million Japanese participated in riots spurred by the high price of this

The Reformation caused shortages of this sweet stuff by closing monasteries that raised bees for votive candle wax

In the 1840s a type of fungus wiped out these in Ireland, leading to widespread famine

The WWII "K" type of these Army portions, packed by Wrigley's, included meat, sugar &, of course, gum

Top a crisp tortilla with refried beans, meat, lettuce, tomatoes & cheese & you've got this Mexican salad

(Sarah of the Clue Crew follows her meal with a chaser in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) By Mexican law, this potent potable must be made with at least 51% agave; the rest is often sugar cane

Translated as "little meats", it's shredded pork eaten with salsa or used as a filling for tacos