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TIL that Portugal’s 1974 Eurovision entry “E Depois do Adeus” (“And After The Farewell”) by Paulo de Carvalho was a secret signal to the rebels to begin the Carnation Revolution which overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.

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