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Indianapolis, Indiana grocer Gilbert Van Camp discovered his customers enjoyed an old family recipe for pork and beans in tomato sauce. He opened up a canning company and Van Camp's Pork and Beans became an American staple. |
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During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville, Indiana at Republic Aviation. |
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David Letterman, host of television's "Late Show with David Letterman," was born April 12, 1947, in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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