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TIL that were was an ice cream brand called Star Spangled Ice Cream, which aimed to be a politically conservative counterpart to Ben & Jerry's (which they considered too liberal). Flavor names included "Smaller Governmint", "Iraqi Road" and "I Hate the French Vanilla".

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