“People aren’t exactly sure how or why it started, but it dates back to 1944 or 1945,” she shouts over the restless crowd, her eyes full of excitement. “Some people think it began as a food fight among friends or as a practical joke—but most people believe that irritated townspeople attacked local officials with tomatoes during a town celebration. Whatever the reason was,” Ellie says, laughing as we are bumped by a rather boisterous group of Englishmen who already have several tomatoes in each hand, “it was loved so much it has been repeated year after year, growing in size and popularity each
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WTF? What is this? Why does she sound like a Wikipedia page?
