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“part of Los Angeles, and there was a man named Alvin…” — Stuff You Should Know at 7:59

“part of Los Angeles, and there was a man named Alvin Shipwreck Kelly who supposedly climbed up on a flagpole as part of a promotion for a movie and sat there for a full 13 hours and 13 minutes to help draw a crowd and boy did he ever. Yeah, which, you know, it sounds like a long time to sit on a flagpole, but that is…”

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