Unrelated History Lesson

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I had always thought that the ice cream cone was invented at the Chicago World's Fair but I was mistaking the story for that of the 1904 St Louis World's Fair. A man was selling waffle like pastries next to another vendor that sold ice cream. The ice cream was very popular and he quickly ran out of bowls. The pastry vendor had a solution, he rolled one of his waffles into the shape of a cone and gave it to the vendor who filled it with ice cream. Most believe this as the creation of the cone.
I recently read that the first ice cream cone was actually produced in 1896 by an Italian Immigrant (can't recall his name), who invented the cone in New York City. He was granted a patent in December 1903.