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TIL pizza rolls were created in the 1960s by a cook working for a Chinese food company searching for new uses for their egg roll machine. She tested several sandwich fillings, but pizza flavors tested best, causing her to say, "Pizza rolls are nothing but egg rolls with pizza crust and filling."

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