“I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.” Popeye sang that lyric in many of the cartoons starring the super-strong Sailor Man. Indeed, he is so synonymous with spinach that he is still used ...

Popeye remains the world's greatest spinach salesman nearly a century after he made his comic-strip debut on the eve of the Great Depression. The sailor man's legend is recounted every March 26, ...

The connection between Popeye's physical strength and his consumption of canned spinach has become a pop culture touchstone, with the reference remaining readily recognizable even nearly a century ...

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If you ever watched Popeye, you probably remember the moment he’d crack open a can of spinach, gulp it down, and suddenly transform into a muscle-bound hero ready to take on anything or anyone. It ...

An entire festival dedicated to one leafy green vegetable? Only in Lenexa. The Johnson County city goes all-out for its annual Spinach Festival at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park each year. The festival’s ...

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Jan. 1 marks the dawn of a new era for Popeye and Tintin. It's the day the nonagenarian cartoon characters officially enter the U.S. public domain along with a treasure trove of other iconic works.