TIL While noodles were popularized by Thailand’s government in the 1940s as part of an effort to save rice after a major flood, the first mention of Pad Thai in a cookbook only occurred in the 1960s.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-surprising-history-of-pad-thai-180984625/
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