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TIL north korea has a zoo with 'cigarette-smoking chimpanzee called Azalea'

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DQeV TIL that the only US Supreme Court Justice to ever have been impeached, Samuel Chase, was impeached on the grounds that his political views were allegedly affecting his court rulings.
p8vxO TIL Nachos are named after their inventor, Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya. The dish was originally called "Nacho's especiales," and eventually the apostrophe disappeared and it was shortened to just "nachos."
OGZKR TIL after teddy bears (named for Teddy Roosevelt) became popular, there was an attempt to market billy possums (named for William Taft). It was unsuccessful.
LQwWp TIL The SunChips compostable bag, introduced in 2010, was known for being exceptionally loud, reaching 95 decibels, which is comparable to a motorcycle or a subway train.
B6Nr TIL that in 2002, the candidates for the election of Warsaw’s mayor were each given the same save of SimCity 3000. The map resembled Warsaw, had 32.7k citizens, and they got 60k simoleons. The competition was won by Lech Kaczynski who won the elections afterwards. He soon became President of Poland.