Searcy County, Arkansas Is The World’s Chocolate Roll Capitol

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For decades and generations, bakers in northern Arkansas have been baking a special pastry known as the chocolate roll, which somehow hasn’t taken over the world with its deliciousness. Plus: archaeologists in Cambodia play the long game in putting together an artifact.

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