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TIL that less than 1 week before the playoffs finals of the NBL (precursor to the NBA), the Minneapolis Lakers, led by George Mikan, entered the World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago where they won the 'world title' against the NY Rens. A week later they went on to win the NBL title.

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78YXL TIL about 2yr old Australian Sophie Delezio who suffered 3rd deg burns to 85% of her body, lost both feet, one hand and an ear when an older driver crashed into her preschool. 3yrs later her wheelchair was hit on a pedestrian crossing by a different older driver causing new serious injuries.
xmng TIL between 2002 and 2012, college textbook prices rose 82% while overall consumer prices rose 28%
x6lxB TIL General Motors created an electric car in the 90s to comply with California clean air regulations, after it proved far more popular than expected they shut down the program and against the protests of their customers reclaimed all the existing EVs and crushed them and buried them in the desert.
9aM6 TIL that Lord of the Rings actor Ian McKellen turned down an offer of 1.5 million dollar to officiate a wedding dressed as Gandalf, saying “I am sorry, Gandalf doesn’t do weddings.”
7lEL TIL our emotions and states of mind are influenced, and even produced, by the nerves and bacteria in our guts.