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TIL In 2017, the 93 year old former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, was sent to Zimbabwe to try to convince President Robert Mugabe to step down in a “dignified exit” after the military seized power

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naL7 TIL Daylight Savings Time was originally started to conserve energy, but has since become obsolete.
Blvb TIL Jack O'Lanterns started in 18th century Ireland and were originally carved into turnips. These turnips were used to ward away the evil spirit of a blacksmith named Jack. When the Irish came to America, turnips were hard to find, but pumpkins weren’t, and thus the pumpkin carving became tradition
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woenE TIL: McDonald’s once made bubblegum-flavored broccoli