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TIL that Equatorial Guinea’s first president, Francisco Macías Nguema, led a brutal regime that may have killed tens of thousands and reduced life expectancy to 30 years before being overthrown and executed in 1979.

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G0KE TIL Tommy Lee Jones did not and possibly still doesn’t like Jim Carrey. They worked together on “Batman Forever.” When Carrey asked him why he didn’t like him, Jones replied, “I cannot sanction your buffoonery.”
KOre9 TIL : Tazer Ball is a combination of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns. The game puts two teams of four players on a field. Players have to get a large ball into a net while avoiding their opponents, all of whom are armed with tazers.
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16GZP TIL about Dr. Peter Bryce who first blew the whistle in 1907 about the abysmal conditions of the Canadian residential school system, which destroyed his career. Today he is getting a plaque installed at the same publishing house that released his work in 1922, to honour his efforts.
R5dD7 TIL that there is a Tamagotchi cemetery in the Cornish countryside of south England.