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1. Take a tonight.
2. Be sure to visit today and say hi to Aladdin the camel and Liberty the turkey.
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3. The Mount Vernon Unitarian Church will show "A Most Unlikely Hero" as part of its Social Justice Movie Series on Friday night.
4. Today is World AIDS Awareness Day.
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5. On this day in 1885, Dr. Pepper was first served at a drug store in Waco, Texas.
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