“Here you’ll find a floor-to-ceiling display of every flavor of instant ramen put out since the mid-20th century; a kitchen to prepare fresh ramen noodles; a sprawling assembly line — reservations required — to create your own Cup Noodles concoction to take home.” To celebrate its 45th birthday, NPR takes a closer look at Cup Noodles. (If you still have a cup from that original batch, you’re down to about three hundred thousand years until they expire.)

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