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The first instrument to be banned was the kazoo. Authorities couldn’t handle that level of chaos.

✗ FAKE
The kazoo was not banned as the first instrument. It is a simple instrument from the 19th century, and there is no record of an authority banning it, so the claim is a joke.

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