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TIL that the former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman, spoke to a group of fourth graders and when asked about his hobbies, he said “Drinking Bombay Sapphire Gin”. When questioned about the statement, he replied with “If they didn’t want the answer, the kid shouldn’t have asked the question.”

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