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TIL In 1994 there was a rash of UFO sightings and confirmation of abnormal activity by National Weather Service Radar in West Michigan.

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W7VaN TIL that “Stars and Stripes Forever” is an emergency alert at the circus. When it is played by the band it usually means there is a fire and that the performers and circus hands should go to their emergency stations and start evacuating people