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TIL South African mercenaries were hired in the fight against Boko Haram

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N7K1b TIL: A farmer in Colorado paid $60K for the retired squad car of a deputy who was killed in the line of duty to gift the car to the deputy’s son.
KYE4E TIL He consumed 63 cups of coffee, this is what happened.
WbP4 TIL the pulsejet engine can be made with zero moving parts.
QvAX TIL The Nazis never referred to themselves as “Nazis.” At the time, “Nazi” was a derogatory term for a “backwards peasant,” so those who opposed their party took advantage of the German pronunciation of “national” (nat-si-o-nal) and called them “Nazis” as an insult.
N7xpN TIL that some deaf people that develop Schizophrenia can have auditory hallucinations and ‘hear’ voices