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[–] Diogenes_The_Cynic ago 

So many men were missing teeth from malnutrition caused by the great depression that it became a problem during the draft for wwii. Truman cited how so many guys couldn't join the army because of missing teeth as his reason for the federal school lunch program.

People starved till teeth were falling out.