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Which came first: Kool-Aid or Tom and Jerry?

Kool-Aid came first, in 1927 (invented). Tom and Jerry followed 13 years later, in 1940 (first appear).

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  1. First1927

    Kool-Aid

    drink · invented

    Kool-Aid was invented in Nebraska in 1927.

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  2. Second1940

    Tom and Jerry

    character · first appear

    Tom and Jerry first appeared in 1940, in a cartoon called Puss Gets the Boot.

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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.