Chef Boyardee, pasta in a can, was named as such because the guy who founded the company realized Americans would pronounce his Italian name wrong. If it was invented today, we would make Italian a mandatory language in grade school. Something I didn't know was that he supplied the troops in WWII, his factory running around the clock. Instant cred. His wiki article is still pretty week.
The other half of the battle.
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