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TIL that Elenor Roosevelt contributed to serving the worst meals in White House history during FDR’s presidency. Partly to symbolize to the American population during the Great Depression that nutritious food can be made on the cheap. Also to seek revenge on FDR for his affair w/ Lucy Mercer.

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