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TIL celebrity chef Jamie Oliver named his children "Poppy Honey Rosie" "Daisy Boo Pamela" "Petal Blossom Rainbow" "Buddy Bear Maurice" and "River Rocket Blue Dallas"

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kOeNg TIL That “one nation under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance during the Eisenhower administration and has only been in place for 65 years
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