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TIL that Edgar Wright and James Gunn checked with each other to make sure they didn't use the same songs for their movies 'Baby Driver' and "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.2"

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xVRL7 TIL basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a writer and has written several books set in the Sherlock Holmes universe
MepX0 TIL that Belgium broke its own record without government, they're at 609 days and counting
0weVR TIL spiral staircases in medieval castles were deliberately made clockwise because it diminished the ability of attackers to properly swing their swords, since right-handed fighters would have had to to contend with the walls while making their striking motions.
EgMNV TIL: Beatriz Flamini attempted a record for longest time spent living in a cave at 500 days but she left briefly to repair a Wi-Fi router
PYrZO TIL in the 1920s Helene Adelaide Shelby patented a device to help obtain criminal confessions. The suspect was confronted by a human skeleton with glowing red eyes and the interrogator would talk through the skeleton via megaphone. A camera in the skull would record the confessions.