Pickles have been around since ancient times, although there is some disagreement as to when exactly in history people started eating them. Some believe the first pickle was created in Mesopotamia in 2400 B.C.E. Others believe it was as early as 2030 B.C.E.

Pickles are mentioned in the Bible and can be found in the works of Shakespeare.

Cleopatra ate pickles because she believed they were one of the things that helped her stay beautiful.

Explorers like Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci used pickles to help prevent scurvy amongst the crews of their ships.

Napoleon offered a huge financial prize to anyone who could find the best way to used pickling to preserve food for his troops.

H.J. Heinz used pins shaped like pickles to draw customers to his booth at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.