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These twisted cigars were originally intended as a bonus for cigar rollers to take home as a bonus for their days work, the cigars are twisted to indicate that they are exclusively for the workers to take home and also to make it harder for them to be sold on the street. There are 3 companies that make this style of cigar for sale to the public.
A puro cigar is a cigar that has the tobacco leaf, the binder leaf and the wrapper all from the same country.
The St. Patrick's day parade scene is of the actual St. Patrick's day parade for Chicago , the film crew got permission to walk in and film in the parade.
King Hussein of Jordan lent an entire brigade of his Arab Legion as extras for the film, so most of the "soldiers" are played by real soldiers. Hussein frequently visited the sets and became enamored of a young British secretary, Antoinette Gardiner, who became his second wife in 1962. Their oldest son, 'Abdullah II King of Jordan', ascended to throne in 1999.
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Whiskey was only made by monks until 1541 when King Henry VIII dissolved all the monasteries..
When the civil war was won, he was paraded in a carriage down the main streets of many towns to celebrate the victory. The spectators threw thousands of cigars into his carriage.
The conditions were pretty much the way it was in the movie. A lot of malaria and dysentery.
The term Brand Name originated from whiskey barrels that were branded with the name of the distiller.
