{"id":52016,"date":"2019-08-12T11:47:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=52016"},"modified":"2019-08-12T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:47:05","slug":"john-olivers-deep-dive-into-the-president-of-turkmenistan-gets-very-weird-very-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=52016","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver&#039;s deep dive into the president of Turkmenistan gets very weird, very fast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"viral-video-lead\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"LastWeekTonight\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-9QYu8LtH2E?\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/lib\/aab-3e4af80fa7eef43b2c82c5f3e3a386e50b041bb6ee6b415a5a69b0c863479851.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to look too far to know that world leaders often do some strange things \u2014 but few can compete with the bizarre quirks of Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.<\/p>\n<p>When the president of Turkmenistan isn&#8217;t busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2019\/08\/05\/after-rumors-his-death-turkmenistan-releases-video-strongman-leader-driving-rally-car-outside-flaming-hells-gate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">driving around a flaming crater to prove he isn&#8217;t dead<\/a>, he also enjoys writing poems about his favourite breed of horse and setting a large number of odd Guinness World Records.<\/p>\n<p>John Oliver laid it all out during Sunday&#8217;s episode of <em>Last Week Tonight<\/em>. 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