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Monday, June 16, 2025

Spot the Not #29 - Francisco Macias Nguema, dictator of Equatorial Guinea

All of the following statements about him are true except one. Can you Spot the Not?

1. He was the son of a witch doctor. He watched his father get punched to death when he was 9.

2. He kept the national treasury in a suitcase under his bed.

3. One Christmas, his soldiers dressed in Santa Claus costumes and executed 150 people in a soccer stadium.

4. He decreed that his name was the new official greeting. People caught not using it were fed to sharks.

5. 1/3 of the people fled the country during his rule. He banned fishing to keep people from escaping and put landmines on the only land route out of the country.

6. He changed the national motto to "There is no other God than Macias".

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