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TIL The Flintstones used to advertise cigarettes

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EWwp TIL that at many military funerals, instead of a live bugler, a ceremonial bugle is used, which is an electronic device that is inserted into the bugle and plays a recording of Taps.
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b6WyN TIL, in 1995, Brazil accidentally greeted the visiting german chancellor, Roman Herzog, with the anthem of east germany, 5 years after the reunification of germany
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