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Why was the sandwich invented?

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the first sandwich was invented on accident, by a man named Earl Sandwich. he was in a casino playing cards and he wanted to eat meat but he didn't want to get his hands dirty so he asked to have the meat inside two slices of bread thus, the Sandwich was created

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The Earl of Sandwich wanted a cheap and convenient way of transporting desserts and eating them. He found placing them between two slices of bread worked. And this was a convenient way of having a snack at the gaming table. I'm thinking this was in the 18th century.

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