TheGrinder on Nostr: In 1962, Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-born Canadian running a restaurant in Chatham, ...

In 1962, Sam Panopoulos, a Greek-born Canadian running a restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, threw some canned pineapple on a pizza and somehow, the global economy never recovered.

That same year, the Kennedy Slide sent Wall Street tumbling nearly 27%, the British balance of payments crisis left the pound gasping for breath, and the Cuban Missile Crisis had investors wondering if the market would still exist next week. By 1963, Kennedy was battling the U.S. Steel price fiasco, and by 1964, Australia was in a full-blown credit squeeze.

Historians remain divided on whether pineapple truly belonged on pizza, but most agree it arrived at the exact moment humanity collectively lost its appetite AND its fiscal stability.