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TIL- A man was arrested for trespassing at the Budweiser brewery. His name? Bud Weisser.

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p4pN TIL that royalty use ‘We’ to refer to themselves as a way of showing that they speak on behalf of themselves and the nation. In past times this was also used to indicate that they spoke on behalf of God.
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