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TIL Cameroonian footballer Roger Milla came out of retirement and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup after a request made by Cameroon president Paul Biya. He scored 4 goals in 1990 WC as a substitute as he started every game of the tournament on the bench.

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j6Ekn TIL that a meteor strike in a very isolated area of Siberia in 1908 flattened 830 miles of forest. It is the largest meteor strike ever recorded, it was called the Tunguska Event.
64Jl TIL that the first European to discover New Zealand, Abel Tasman, thought he landed in South America. While discovering the island, he also managed to miss all of Australia.
6LKW TIL in 1963 a series of tests proved that the Hercules C-130 transport aircraft could land on and take off from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal.
GYVE1 TIL of slope point, the southernmost point of new Zealand. The wind in this area is so strong that trees grow almost sideways.
4kRQw TIL some homosexual men in Africa need regular anus sutures to maintain fecal continence, and some have their anuses torn to 3 inches wide and I wonder what objects are causing this