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TIL Zimbabwean president Mugabe celebrated his 91st birthday by dining on endangered wildlife, including two buffaloes, two elephants, one lion, two sables, and five impalas

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Xp9j TIL that Ukraine in 1994 gave up its nuclear weapons to Russia and in return Russia (together with US and UK) agreed to respect Ukrainian independence and sovereignty within her borders (among other things)
VwND TIL that Eric Idle of Monty Python fame called George Harrison “one of the few morally good people that rock and roll has produced”.
WkXK4 TIL there's a restaurant called the Heart Attack Grill that serves "Quadruple Bypass Burgers," buttermilk shakes, and gives free burgers to people over 350lbs in an effort to promote "good health."
R7858 TIL that the cave art in European caves was made by Neandertals and not by early humans
a86bJ TIL Superdollars still exist and new "editions" are are discovered every year. They are of such high-quality it's suspected they are produced by a Nation or State actor.