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TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA superstar, also is the author of a trilogy of mystery novels about Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes (the second and third books are rated 4/5 on goodreads).

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5Vlxp TIL about trailer buses. An engineless trailer either carried by a semi truck or another bus which itself is used as a bus. It was often used throughout history as a temporary cheep alternative to normal buses. These buses are still used (albeit very rarely) in some places on earth.
kJdR4 TIL That the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) doesn’t sanction a national championship for Division 1 FBS football.
14b4 TIL that John Ratzenberger, the actor who portrayed Cliff Clavin in “Cheers”, is the only actor to have portrayed a character in every Pixar film.
Oo6b6 TIL Costco purposefully designed their store without signs to force people to wander through all the aisles and find things to buy.
dDk8j TIL A town in Norway has a "seed bank" that stores over 1M seeds from all over the world in case of a nuclear event or any other global catastrophe