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TIL that the "dog" in hot-dog originally referred to a dachshund — the short-legged, long-bodied dog breed. German immigrants in the 1800s sold sausages they called “dachshund sausages” because of... (www.britannica.com)
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Original Title: TIL that the "dog" in hot-dog originally referred to a dachshund — the short-legged, long-bodied dog breed. German immigrants in the 1800s sold sausages they called “dachshund sausages” because of their shape. One day, a cartoonist who couldn’t spell “dachshund” just called it a hot dog 🐶🌭

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