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On this day in 1945, a focus group chose a new and more casual look for Benito Mussolini.  No more Gucci for him! His new style lent itself to such sporty, theatrical activities as hanging upside from a lamppost outside the Milan train station.  So, even if Il Duce did not quite revive the Roman Empire, he could be considered the pioneer of bungee jumping.