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Today I learned people can own colors. The ‘blackest’ black: How a color controversy sparked a years-long art feud | CNN

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M7db TIL that in 1967 the two factions involved in the Nigerian civil war declared a 48 hour ceasefire in order to watch Pele play in a football (soccer) match.
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