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TIL The first president of Zimbabwe was President Banana who passed his first law making it illegal to make jokes about his name.

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v1VVD TIL that the longest sailable straight line without hitting land is from Pakistan to Russia - 32090 km. While Earths circumference is just 40075 km.
lma5 TIL Rolling luggage wasn’t invented until 1970, and initially stores didn’t want to stock it.
vLoD TIL that popular San Diego high school teacher John Corcoran was secretly illiterate during his 17-year classroom career, finally faced his shame and learned to read at age 48. He went on to write books and a create a foundation to promote literacy.
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