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2023-10-07 02:14:24 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 57A990770474E751FF60931618C86D24EE5971C74F78326449BCDDA9C4556053
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Picnic has nothing to do with race. From the French "piquenique" (1690s), perhaps a reduplication of piquer "to pick, peck," from Old French. A term used to describe a social gathering in which attendees each contributed with a portion of food or another useful item https://www.etymonline.com/word/picnic https://www.historytoday.com/archive/historians-cookbook/history-picnic https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-picnic-origin-lynchings-idUSKCN24E21V https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/picnic-origin/
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