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FACTS OF THE DAY

November 20th 2017

Since the 1960s, there have been more than 200 military coups, with varying degrees of success, across 40 of Africa’s countries.

aljazeera.com

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At one point under Robert Mugabe’s rule, inflation in Zimbabwe reached 500 billion per cent.

economist.com

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The US Navy has ordered an inquiry after one of its pilots used a jet’s contrail to draw a cock and balls in the sky. A spokesman said: ‘It has zero training value’.

bbc.co.uk

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A doctor at Harbin Medical University in China has performed the world’s first successful human head transplant – on a corpse.

telegraph.co.uk

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Frankfurt police have found a car belonging to a 76-year-old man who forgot where he parked it 20 years ago.

independent.co.uk

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1 in 10 smartphones in the world is sold in India.

qz.com


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