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TIL the show Reno 911 was mainly improv and had very little scripting.

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4AoJ TIL that when George Washington passed away in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte personally gave a eulogy and ordered a ten-day requiem. In Great Britain, the entire Royal Navy lowered its flags at half mast.
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