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NX681 TIL Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe's motorcade was infamous for driving wrecklessly and causing repeated fatalities through the years. Locals referred to it as "Bob Mugabe and the Wailers"
4EbN TIL after two thirds of its employees died on 9/11, Cantor Fitzgerald started a relief fund where 100% of every dollar donated goes to victims of disasters, raising $180 million so far. Each year on 9/11, the fund donates 100% of the day’s revenue to charity, raising $89 million since the tragedy.
b67N7 TIL that because of their flexible ankles, red pandas are one of the few animals that can climb down trees head-first.
OG4AR TIL that it wasn’t just Smallpox that was unintentionally introduced to the Americas, but also bubonic plague, measles, mumps, chickenpox, influenza, cholera, diphtheria, typhus, malaria, leprosy, and yellow fever. Indigenous Americans had no immunity to any of these diseases.
Y7nRZ TIL: While in office, President Jimmy Carter had to physically defend himself from a rabbit.