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Turkmen Bosher's Fucking Fountain
Turkmenistan's central bank started printing money like it was going out of style. Inflation hit 3,000% and the Minat went from being at one-to-one parity with the US dollar to being at 5200 to one parity with theUS dollar. As his entire nation suffered, so did Turkmen Vashi. His doctors told him that his arteries had hardened probably because of his massive chronic alcoholism and constant cigarette smoking. He would need major heart surgery, which he received in a German clinic.