His name became a myth that traveled to the far reaches of the world. The world wanted to touch, to witness Pele. Other than Muhammad Ali, no other athlete could rival the magnitude of his popularity.

Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupted not once or twice but thrice last year. While its eruptions paused for a brief period of time, the volcano has been back to spilling lava since Wednesday.

Pele and his Santos team-mates have often claimed they were behind a ceasefire struck during Nigeria's brutal civil war in 1969 but is the story more fiction than fact?