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TIL that the signal to start the 1974 Portuguese Coup was given through the broadcast of Portugal's Eurovision Entry Song

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4kaZw TIL that when Kissinger publicly threatened "countermeasures" in a press conference, during the Oil Crisis, if the OAPEC embargo was not lifted, the Saudis responded with threatening further oil cuts and to burn their oil fields if the US military invaded.
WkDn4 [TIL] there is no federal minimum drinking age law. It doesn't have that authority. An act signed by Reagan, however, supersedes states' rights by punishing any state who ignores this by reducing federal highway apportionment by 10% in an effort to reduce drunk driving.
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