Taco Bell Once Trolled America By Claiming It Had Bought The Liberty Bell

Today in 1776, it's said that the Liberty Bell rang out in Philadelphia for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. More than two centuries later, a fast food giant put out fake ads claiming that it had acquired the Liberty Bell to help pay off the national debt. Plus: today in 1978, Def Leppard played its first-ever concert, in Sheffield, England, though it didn’t exactly start off with a bang. Hold the taco sauce, Liberty Bell is safe (Philadelphia Inquirer via Newspapers.com) The Hilariously Bad First Concerts of Rock's Biggest Bands (Ultimate Classic Rock) Back our show on Patreon for just one softshell taco’s worth of dollars a month