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TIL that Mao Zedong’s great-grandson’s name is Mao Dongdong

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GAo7J TIL of Idi Amin's full title: "His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular"
mxGmY TIL The Matrix is a Transgender Coming Out Story
pKN4 TIL there is a dinosaur heavy metal band in Finland that is incredibly popular with children.
o0EE TIL: Every fig you’ve ever eaten was fertilized by a special wasp which probably died inside it (and you ate it)
Mw6K TIL the stethoscope was conceived because the inventor felt uncomfortable placing his ear on a woman’s bare chest to listen to her heart.