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TIL Burkina Faso is the hottest country in the world, with an average yearly temperature of 30.40 °C (86.72 °F)

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mvyY TIL that in 2009, Coolio attempted to stage dive. Nobody caught him, he was beaten up and had his shoes stolen.
wLXL7 TIL Let it Snow doesn’t say one word about Christmas in its entire song. It was written in the summer by Sammy Cahn, after he was tired of the summer heat.
x6vxg TIL about psychedelic cryptography - messages that only people under the influence of psychedelics can understand.
rNd1x TIL that WWII British commandos were trained to instinctively take cover by having live ammunition shot 3 to 5 feet from them if they needlessly exposed themselves while maneuvering
rL0w TIL after MH-17 was shot down over Ukraine, the Russian government accused a Ukrainian fighter jet. After it was exposed that this type of jet couldn’t reach the required altitude, Wikipedia said there were a flurry of attempts from Russia to edit the jet’s page to say it could fly higher.