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In passing, Dr. Mohler on his radio program yesterday made reference to Graham Crackers having an origin that you wouldn't expect. Finding the reference interesting, I looked it up on Wikipedia.

From the section on the History:

Graham crackers were originally conceived of as a health food as part of the Graham Diet, a regimen to suppress what he considered unhealthy carnal urges, the source of many maladies according to Graham. Reverend Graham would often lecture about the adverse effects of masturbation, or "self-abuse" as he called it. One of his many theories was that one could curb one's sexual appetite by eating bland foods. Another man who held this belief was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of the corn flakes cereal.

Reading more into the article you'd soon discover that originally Graham Crackers would be made out of a sort of whole wheat flour, namely, Graham Flour, not white flour as they are today. Furthermore, they had much less sugar back in the day.

Anyway, I find random facts interesting. Maybe this will be of interest for others.