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TIL a Fata Morgana is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon

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wolR1 TIL the reason many African countries have the colours green, yellow and red on their flags is because of an Ethiopian influence. The colours of the flag of Ethiopia, have come to represent the pan-Africanist ideology because it avoided being taken over by a colonial power.
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