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

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Menea TIL Dry thunderstorms, where most/ all of the normal rain evaporates before hitting the ground. This leaves lightning strikes to hit very dry ground, which is a leading cause of wildfires.
VJ94 TIL, during a visit to Egypt in 2012, Hillary Clinton was pelted with tomatoes and shoes, while the protesters chanted “Monica, Monica”
epyV4 TIL that "Killing baby Hitler" is an ethical and theoretical physics experiment. It explores the idea of time-traveling to assassinate infant Adolf Hitler, delving into ethical consequences and temporal paradoxes.
9wl7 TIL that Bender’s apartment door number, 00100100, is binary for the dollar sign $.
vYlr TIL NBA player Latrell Sprewell (famous for choking his coach) turned down a $21 million contract offer claiming it wasn’t enough to feed his family. He never played again and went bankrupt.