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TIL that the Neoplan Jumbocruiser was an articulated double-decker city coach that was produced between 1975-1992 and is in the Guinness World Records for being the world's largest bus (59 ft long, 13 ft high, and 8 ft 2 in wide) with a capacity for 170 passengers.

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