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McDonald's once created bubblegum-flavored broccoli to encourage children to eat vegetables.

Why it is true

This nineteen nineties marketing experiment was an attempt to make vegetables more appealing to children, although the product was never commercially launched on a large scale.

Source: Corporate History

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