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TIL Pelé had an Illegitimate child he refused to recognize. When she contracted cancer, he refused to help her and she died a few years later.

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WWKY TIL that the head baker on the Titanic got drunk while the ship was sinking, was the last one on the ship as he “rode it down like an elevator” into the water, and was able to tread water for 2 hours hardly feeling the cold thanks to the alcohol he imbibed which allowed him to survive.
jNenE TIL that back in the day they would stack cars vertically when transporting them by train.
R7K59 TIL: Despite alcohol in space being prohibited for NASA astronauts, Buzz Aldrin had a sip of wine on the Moon
6Jlm TIL that by law, Alaska is required to remove all traces of the Trans-Alaska pipeline after oil extraction is complete.
Ypkox TIL a USAF tanker used its fuel boom to tow an F-4 Phantom to safety after the fighter lost engine power flying over the Atlantic