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TIL Hot-dog diplomacy -- a “soft-power” tactic of American international relations -- started when First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planned a picnic lunch for King George VI of Great Britain's official state visit in 1939. King George apparently asked for seconds and washed it all down with beer.

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