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TIL that it’s still illegal to this day to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia and people who are caught can be imprisoned and sometimes flogged.

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wQ6M TIL the Ibrahim Prize, an annual award given to former African heads of states who have advanced democracy and peacefully transitioned power gifts $5,000,000 plus and additional $200,000 a year after that. It has only been awarded three times since 2008.
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