Pepsi - refreshing soft drink or 6th largest military in the world? Or.. both? | Why dont U.S. Presidents grow facial hair anymore? | Its no joke - its harder to get into Clown College than Harvard.

Published: March 14, 2022, 9 a.m.

What would you do for your favorite drink? What would you give? In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union wanted Pepsi so badly that it paid with the only thing it had - military equipment.\xa0

It\u2019s been over 100 years since we\u2019ve had a nice presidential beard like Abe\u2019s or mustache like Teddy\u2019s. Why don\u2019t U.S. Presidents grow facial hair anymore? And should Joe Biden consider a goatee?\xa0

Becoming a professional clown is no laughing matter. Don\u2019t buy it? The legendary Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Clown College has been referred to as Navy Boot Camp. Let that sink in.


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Episode Sources/Go Deeper:
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-pepsi-briefly-became-the-6th-largest-military-in-the-world-2018-7
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/05/27/the-politics-of-facial-hair/
https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/1231/123100.html

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