ST LOUIS- From ice cream cones to hot dogs, you've probably heard just about everything made its debut at the World's Fair in St. Louis.
And this week, you have a chance to separate fact from fiction and get the real scoop.
The Missouri History Museum is showcasing all of those famous inventions on Wednesday at 10:30 am in the Lee Auditorium.
'The Famous Firsts of St. Louis' program will be hosted by local author Diane Rademacher. Her book, 'Famous Firsts of St. Louis' is available online.
Some of the highlights will include the legendary story about an ice cream vendor at the 1904 Fair who ran out of plates--so he borrowed some light waffles from a food stand next door and the rest his history.
There's a similar origin story for the world's first hot dog.
You can scroll through a few of the many items introduced to the world at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis below.
And that's not all--far from it---cotton candy, which they called fairy floss, also made its American debut at the World Exposition in Forest Park.
The world had also never seen the flag of Israel, until it was introduced at the fair.
Israel wasn't a country in 1904--but the flag first displayed by the Zionist Movement in St. Louis is the same one used by Israel today.
You can learn all about the famous items first introduced to the world on Wednesday at the Missouri History Museum.
The free program starts at 10:30 am in the Lee Auditorium.
