After being rejected from the Women’s Army Corps for being too tall (girl, I getchu), this woman ended up in the Secret Intelligence division where she was asked to solve the problem of too many underwater explosives being set off by curious sharks. She concocted various recipes to add to the water and repel sharks, and her creation is still in use today. It was her first foray into cooking—though you probably know her better for the cookbook she later published entitled Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her name was Julia Child.
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