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TIL that President Wilson actually VETO'ed the Volstead Act but congress passed it anyway bringing on the beginning of Prohibition.

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gMvJL TIL all the clowns do actually get in the car, there's no illusion to it. They just gut the car so it's an empty shell with a motor and controls, beef up the springs so it doesn't ride too low, and then send in the clowns.
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OG9NX TIL of “Lonesome Gal,” who played a wildly popular virtual girlfriend over the radio in the 1950’s
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