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TIL the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana

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4XDmN TIL While being in exclusivity arrangement with Argonaut studios, Nintendo rejected 2 games by Argonaut (Yoshi 3D game prototype and Starfox 2) then made Mario 64 and Starfox 64 based on those games ideas and code without giving credit or a penny to Argonaut, then ended all agreements with them.
nWKAB TIL Pope Julius II was infamous for getting away with reckless actions without any backlash. He once entered the city of Perugia unarmed, and the local ruler, who had an army, surrendered the city to him and fled. Shocked at the outcome, N.Machiavelli suggested he should have just killed the Pope
9WAM TIL In ancient Phoenician Sardinia, whenever elderly people were no longer able to support themselves, they were given a neurotoxic plant called “sardonic herb” and thrown off of a cliff. It is the source of the term “sardonic grin” because of the facial expression the plant caused following death.
OMv6 TIL - The Canadian Government sent 1000’s of personnel, 3 warships, the Coast Guard, and divers to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina – In locations the USA were reluctant to go to because of contamination.
eZ5b TIL that a New Zealand father was arrested and taken from his children for 8 months because people at a park mistook him kissing his daughter as indecent assault.