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Many years ago in grocery stores top shelve cans were brought down with a kind of stick.The cans were always caught,hence "a can o'corn."

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It's been around for over a hundred years, and no one is exactly sure. The prevailing theory is that it's because it's as easy to catch as a can of corn falling from a grocery shelf.

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