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TIL that 569 million Slim Jim meat sticks are produced annually. The Slim Jim was invented in 1929 in Philadelphia and gained popularity in 1993, when Slim Jim began using Macho Man" Randy Savage in commercials, with the slogan, "snap into a Slim Jim".

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