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TIL that in 1967, the two factions involved in the Nigerian Civil War agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire so they could watch Pelé play an exhibition game in Lagos.

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NXxVM TIL Japan Air Lines Flight 123, being flown by a Boeing 747, crashed on August 12, 1986 due to complications from improper repairs made to the plane by Boeing after a tailstrike in 1978. The crash of Flight 123 is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history.
oRWxK TIL that John A Phillips, in 1976, when he was a student at Princeton, made an essay about a model of a nuclear bomb he designed. This bomb would cost only 2000$ to build, so the fbi confiscated his essay. He was the only One of the class Who managed to get an A.
1e18 TIL Bob Marley died of cancer, which originated in his toe. He didn’t accept what would’ve been a fairly easy procedure of amputation, due to his religious beliefs. He died at 36 after the decease had spread to his lungs and brain.
kJdQW TIL Sitting Bull was told to give a welcome speech to a new train line in Bismarck. Instead of giving the pre-written speech he said in his native language: “"I hate you. I hate all the white people. You are thieves and liars. You have taken away our land and made us outcasts."
rRkAx TIL Spiders can sense electrical currents in the air and use them to launch themselves upward, traveling up to hundreds of miles. Occasionally a “mass ballooning” occurs, where so many spiders descend from the sky it looks like snow