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TIL that football player Didier Drogba stopped a Civil War in the Ivory Coast following qualification for the World Cup. He pleaded with the warring factions to lay down their arms during an interview in the dressing room following a game.

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16g14 TIL about state adjutants general, who are the commanders of their state's military forces. They are appointed by the Governor in all states and territories that have them (the CMNI and AS doesn't), except for DC where POTUS appoints, and Vermont whose General Assembly elects for a 2-year term.
9PwX TIL that until 1985, you needed a prescription to buy condoms in Ireland
kOG55 TIL in 1988 there were Anti-African protests in Nanjing, China. The protests were groundbreaking dissidence for China and would play a role in influencing the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
NXMoP TIL there’s Wi-Fi on Mount Everest for the climbers.
b9MKa TIL in 2002, an art critic judged Hitlers paintings as "good" without knowing who painted them but said "The different style in which he drew human figures represented a profound disinterest in people"