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Happy Birthday, Dear Earl of Sandwich

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

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Happy Birthday, Dear Earl of Sandwich

Today marks the 291st birthday of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. The story goes that this noble fellow was quite the gambler, so much so that he would go on nonstop benders seated at the card table. As one can wield a meal of meat and cheese between bread in one hand, and [...]

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