The World’s Fist Hamburger Was Actually a Smushed Meatball

Hamburgers lovers may want to make a trip to Seymour, Wisconsin, which claims to be the place where the beloved burger was first made. In 1885, Charlie Nagreen apparently served the very first hamburger at the Seymour Fair when he flattened a meatball—which weren’t selling terribly well—and placed it between slices of bread to make it easier to carry around and eat.