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TIL the recently deposed leader of Niger is named Mohamed Bazoum!

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rNByw TIL that Nike's meeting went horribly wrong when one of their representatives mispronounced Curry's name, calling him "Steph-on" instead of "Steph-en." Even worse, a repurposed PowerPoint slide displayed Kevin Durant's name and lost Stephen Curry to Under Armour
LkpOd TIL that braille is imprinted on on beer cans sold in Japan. This is to ensure that blind people won't confuse a can of beer with a soft drink.
lokbr TIL about the city of Cahokia; a Native American (Mississippian) city built on the Mississippi which had over 140 hand-built earthen mounds, more people than contemporaneous London, a copper smelting workshop and 5 concentric circles of posts which line up with the sun on equinoxes and solstices.
jNgYX TIL about the Harvard computer science professor who built a distance learning empire.
BrPrK TIL Composer Franz Liszt's hotness is a matter of historical record. Such was his beauty, talent and benevolence, the Hungarian pianist was said to bring about states of 'mystical ecstasy' and 'asphyxiating hysteria' in his fans. Many doctors felt he posed a public health risk.