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TIL that soccer player Didier Drogba and his teammates helped stop a civil war in their native Ivory Coast by asking both sides to stop fighting.

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69M0l TIL that from 1867 to 1974, various cities in the United States had laws prohibiting people deemed "unsightly" from being seen in public, retroactively being named "ugly laws".
Ka0R TIL in 2013 an Icelandair passenger drank an entire bottle of alcohol, grabbed women, strangled people, and screamed that the flight was going to crash. He was later taped to his seat by the crew
6E6Nw TIL of Henry “Box” Brown. A slave who escaped the slave state by mailing himself in a 3 foot X 2 foot X 8 inches deep box from Virginia to Philadelphia. The journey took 27 hours and he had a little water and some biscuits as food. Brown became a prolific Anti Slavery speaker
d8DdZ TIL there is a "boiling river" in Peru where over 6 km of the river can reach temperatures as high as 86C/187F. The river is considered extremely remarkable due to the nearest volcanic system being more than 700 km away.
Dy5j TIL A 2013 study found that about 25% of all senior citizens in the United States declare bankruptcy due to medical expenses, and 43% are forced to mortgage or sell their primary residence.