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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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rRyW1 TIL A growing phenomenon nowadays is children in their 60s and 70s spending their retirement years caring for parents who are in their 90s and beyond. Longevity can take a financial toll on the family, as in the case of a daughter aged 75 caring for her 99 year old mother
nW8kd TIL That Crows Can Count Aloud Much Like Toddlers.
xVEgo TIL Pink Slime was actually in 70% of ground meat and processed meat in grocery stores in the US in 2012. Today it is banned in Europe and Canada, but is still legal in the US
PYWNZ TIL that Leonard Adleman said "Well, it's going to be the least important paper I've ever been on" when accepting to be a part of development of the RSA algorithm.
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