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TIL in 2011, the sloppy joe brand "Manwich" pulled a series of controversial TV commercials off the air featuring men talking excitedly about women's interests like hair, shoes, or musicals who were then slapped in the face by a phantom hand and told, "It's called a Manwich."

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