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TIL the first President of Zimbabwe was called President Banana

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NXpgP TIL that the power grid in eastern Japan runs at 50 Hz, while the western runs at 60 Hz
l7BPN TIL that actor Nicolas Cage's stage name was inspired in part by the Marvel Superhero "Luke Cage". He decided to change it when people would keep quoting films of his uncle Francis Ford Coppola to him.
rRAOd TIL that the droopy lip and lazy eye of Pennywise, the clown in It, isn’t CGI; Skarsgard does it on command
OGLoX TIL: A man was discovered to be unknowingly missing 90% of his brain, yet he was living a normal life.
rRgv0 TIL of Beate Uhse, a stunt pilot and one of a handful of woman who flew in the Luftwaffe. She landed in a besieged Berlin to rescue her infant son, escaping by flying extremely low, narrowly evading flak and Allied aircraft. After the war, she created a chain of sex shops and became a millionaire.