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TIL the full name of Zaire's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was "Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga", which translates to "The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake."

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