The summary is:
The text is a transcript of a segment from the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The segment focuses on the president of Turkmenistan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, and his bizarre and oppressive rule. Oliver highlights some of his eccentricities, such as his obsession with horses, music, and Guinness World Records. He also criticizes Guinness World Records for working with authoritarian regimes and helping them set records for publicity. He ends the segment by revealing that he has baked the world's largest marble cake featuring the image of Berdimuhamedov falling off a horse, which is one of his embarrassing moments that he tried to censor. He then distributes the cake to the audience and donates the rest to charity.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The text is a transcript of a segment from the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
2. The segment focuses on the country of Turkmenistan and its president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
3. Berdimuhamedov is a fierce authoritarian who has been in power for 12 years and won his last election with 98 percent of the vote.
4. Berdimuhamedov has a variety of hobbies and talents, such as rapping, deejaying, playing guitar, shooting guns, throwing knives, and lifting weights.
5. Berdimuhamedov has a strong obsession with horses, especially the Akhal-Teke breed, which is a national symbol of Turkmenistan.
6. Berdimuhamedov has written several books on horses, hosts beauty contests for horses, and owns more than 600 Akhal-Teke horses.
7. Berdimuhamedov once fell off a horse during a race and tried to suppress the footage of the incident.
8. Berdimuhamedov also likes to collect Guinness World Records for various achievements, such as the world's largest indoor ferris wheel and the world's largest architectural image of a star.
9. Guinness World Records charges a lot of money to help clients design and certify record-breaking events, and has worked with other authoritarian governments like Saudi Arabia and Dubai.
10. John Oliver and his team planned to bake the world's largest marble cake featuring the image of Berdimuhamedov falling off a horse, but Guinness World Records refused to send an adjudicator for the attempt.
11. John Oliver and his team decided to bake the cake anyway and displayed it on their show as a way to annoy both Berdimuhamedov and Guinness World Records.
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