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TIL Mao Zedong, the leader of the CCP, never brushed his teeth, he instead preferred to rinse his mouth out with tea and chew leaves 'like peasants did'. His teeth turned green and infected gums would gush out pus. When encouraged to do so, he responded by asking 'does a tiger brush his teeth?'.

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