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35:27 – Seth introduces this new segment by reading this story: The illegal immigrants donned Marine corps camouflage uniforms and military-style buzz cuts. The license plates on their van had been switched from Mexican to U.S. government plates. If anyone asked, they were just Marines traveling to March Air Reserve Base. But their ploy didn’t take into account the possibility of being stopped by a U.S. Border Patrol agent, who was once a former Marine, armed with one simple question. The agent, S. Smith, asked the driver to tell him the birthday of the Marine Corps. The driver, Arturo Lava, didn’t know. He looked back at all the other guys in the van, and they didn’t know. Border Patrol Agent Smith knows the Marine Corps birthday is one of the first things taught to all Marines in basic training. At that time, he knew Lava’s claim of being a U.S. Marine was false. What up dog? The date is Nov. 10, 1775.