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TIL in 2016 Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors scored 60 points, in a win against the Indiana Pacers, while only dribbling the ball 11 times the entire game (and despite touching the ball a total of 52 times).

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GAym5 TIL Type O Negative's title song "Bloody Kisses", about a woman who committed suicide, it’s a veiled tribute to Peter Steele's 17-year-old cat Venus: "No one wants to hear about a guy who's 6' 8" with long black hair and fangs crying about his f**kin' cat, so I had to make it extremely metaphoric."
ogBo TIL that in the Soviet Union in 1991, voting “None of the Above” led to new elections with new candidates, eventually leading to the end of the Soviet Union.
e0bQ4 TIL that Kobe Bryant helped develop the first prototypes of Hypervolt Pro, a massage gun which has become popular with pro athletes over the past several years. It allows players to treat their muscles while resting on the bench during the game.
m1d4Y TIL: 42% of Americans believe in ghosts and 18% believe they had a paranormal experience according a 2009 Pew Research. In recent years, there has been a rise in Queer Ghost Hunters across several states looking for queer ghosts to record the ghost's stories.
WkygX TIL about Peter Lang a 76 year old man who single-handedly fought a fire for 10 hours to save his safari animals.