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TIL Uber Hasn't Had An Effect On Drunken-Driving Deaths

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KgZa TIL “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is about Shaka The Lion, a warrior king of the Zulus who resisted the armies of European colonizers. The song claims that he is not dead, only sleeping, and he will one day return to lead his oppressed people to freedom.
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