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TIL In 2008, a riot occurred during a football/soccer match in Democratic Republic of the Congo after one player was accused of using witchcraft.

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ADAno TIL of Walt Whitman's friend, Silas Soule. At 17, he was escorting slaves on the Underground Railroad. By 22, he'd staged two prison heists & become a blacksmith. At 26, he defied orders to participate in a massacre of Native Americans, testified against its architect, and was murdered for it.
710r TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger once pranked a bodybuilder by telling him to “scream” while he posed—the bodybuilder was then escorted out of the competition when he did this.
XEN1R TIL about Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, a 2003 racing video game frequently cited as one of the worst video games of all time. There is no time limit to complete a race, the opponent does not move, and completing a race rewards the player with a trophy bearing the phrase "You're winner !"
gragA TIL about a 61 year old potato farmer who entered an ultramarathon and "shuffled" through the nights to the finish beating second place by 10 hours
5YlXP TIL the island of Faisans in the middle of the Bidasoa river, on the border of Spain and France, switches countries every six months. This was agreed to as part of the signing of the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659. This sort of joint sovereignty is called a condominium.