🗣️Legends & Folklore1880s
Did you know this about Atlantic City?
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Did You Know?
Saltwater taffy was invented in Atlantic City in 1883 when a storm flooded a candy shop. The owner jokingly sold his waterlogged taffy as "saltwater taffy."
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Monopoly's street names are all real Atlantic City streets. The game's creator mapped the board to reflect the city's racial and economic segregation—expensive Boardwalk was white-only.
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Steel Pier's famous diving horses leaped 40 feet into a pool from 1929 to 1978. One rider, Sonora Webster Carver, went blind from a dive but continued performing for 11 more years.
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Atlantic City built the first boardwalk in America in 1870. It was invented to keep sand out of hotel lobbies.
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