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TIL The 1971 Coca-Cola ad ‘I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)’ featured a group of young multicultural people lip-synching the song on a hill to represent global unity. The South African government requested a version of the ad but without the black actors. Coca Cola refused

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