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TIL On April Fool’s Day 1998, Burger King published an advertisement for “Left-Handed Whopper”. The condiments of this whopper were supposed to be rotated 180 degrees, as to avoid spilling out toppings from the right side of the burger. It was said to be the “ultimate ‘Have-it-your-way’ for lefties”

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