He possibly recieved more high profile awards than anybody in history with at least 695.

He also managed to meet his long time favorite band, the Spice Girls

Cameo in Malcolm X Movie

He was also a long time admirer of Fidel Castro who he met after his release from prison

He was friends with Gaddafi until his death. Although this sounds like lunacy in other parts of the world, Gaddafi was one of the few to support the ANC while the rest of the world was busy protecting their trade channels.

After being released from prison he became the first president of post apartheid South Africa

In 2009 the United Nations declared that Nelson Mandela International Day would be held every year on his birthday, July 18th

he had a lot of personal vices he was known for. One of the biggest included womanizing

Not surprisingly the US, UK, and France all vetoed sanctions against South Africa during the brutally racist apartheid regime because they were trade partners

Took him off Terrorist list in 2008

Because the African National Congress was declared a terrorist group by South Africa both the US and UK ended up putting Nelson on their terrorist watch lists

boxing fan

probably already know this but he was in prison for 27 years because of anti government activity

His second wife was name Winnie, and she was crazy. She got arrested for torturing and murdering several people while Nelson was in prison.

Contrary to popular belief, he was not a pacifist. Although initially he opposed violence he eventually deemed it necessary but he never condoned violence towards civilians

He studied to be a lawyer and ended up as a high ranking member of the African National Congress, a group resisting apartheid.

He grew up in a tribal village and was the first in his family to attend college

His parents didn't name him Nelson. This name was randomly given to him by a teacher at school.

He even received guerilla training in Morroco and Ethiopia

He was married three times, the last time when he was 80 years old