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TIL about “Turkey Twizzlers”, pig-tail shaped fried meat snacks that were beloved despite being only 34% turkey, and served in schools in the UK until 2005 when celebrity chef Jamie Oliver encouraged the British government to controversially ban on them and other unhealthy snacks in school lunches.

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