Amateur (silent) film from the Prelinger Archives: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941. Mardi Gras this year is tomorrow, Tuesday February 24, 2009.
Mardi Gras, about 70 years ago, New Orleans LA.
The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom
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How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme
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The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad
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