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TIL that the name of Burkina Faso blends two different languages spoken in the country, Burkina means "upright" in Mossi, Faso means "fatherland" in Dioula, and the full name is intended to translate as "land of the honest men".

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0w1kv TIL that in 1969, the Colorado government detonated a nuclear bomb (twice as powerful as as the bomb at Hiroshima) underground for the purpose of fracking.
V9bD TIL the first “lolcat” was unintentionally created in 1870 when British photographer Harry Pointer took a series of photos of cats in amusing poses and added humorous text to them to further increase their appeal.
E8ko TIL Saddam Hussein, former dictator of Iraq, wrote a romance novel.
wL40M TIL that in Michigan, except for a few small exceptions, concessions in buildings “owned or occupied” by the State must be operated by a blind person.
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