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9YZKM TIL in 1992 George H W Bush vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan then fainted. This resulted in the invention of the phrase "Bushu-suru" meaning "To do the Bush thing" or vomit.
QNkrp TIL Willie Nelson smoked weed at the White House with Jimmy Carter’s son
yV0Qv TIL Male llamas and alpacas have what are called "fighting teeth", that they use to fight over mates
KYVJB TIL that when Pedro Rodriguez won the 1967 South African Grand Prix, the organizers did not have the Mexican anthem, and instead played the Mexican hat dance.
xVgxB TIL the term "rubber match" comes from 16th century lawn bowling, where a team can be eliminated if they "rub" against the white target ball