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TIL After staging a coup and seizing control of the Congolese government in 1965, the terrible dictator Mobutu went on to host The Rumble in the Jungle in 1974- arguably the greatest heavy-weight boxing match of all time between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, featuring the famous rope-a-dope.

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b9We0 TIL In 1940s, Pepsi saw African Americans as an untapped niche market. Pepsi adverts portrayed them in a positive light - in a time with racial segregation. Pepsi faced threats from KKK. Their market share increased by 1950s. African Americans were 3 times more likely to buy Pepsi than Coca Cola.
a84Mo TIL; Flushing a toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50%.
0wwQ5 TIL that the Australian Professional Women's Soccer team once lost a match 7-0 to an amateur team of 15 year-old boys
XEpKr TIL Charles Darwin ate every animal he ever discovered. Seeking out “birds and beasts which were unknown to human palate.”
d8QX9 TIL that in 1970 President Nixon forced the Secret Service to wear absurd uniforms inspired by ceremonial palace guards in Europe. They were so mocked that they lasted one month and were eventually sold to an Iowa marching band.