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TIL basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a writer and has written several books set in the Sherlock Holmes universe

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rRZ0M TIL Former French president Felix Faure died of a seizure in his office while having sex with his mistress. He was the first French president to die of natural causes while holding office.
D6XP TIL: The US Department of Defense pays the NFL for propaganda
jMQj TIL in 1957 Richie Ashburn, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, hit a foul ball that struck spectator Alice Roth breaking her nose. When play resumed, Ashburn hit another foul ball striking her again as she was being taken off on a stretcher.
XAvQ TIL that mopeds and scooters emit 10-30 times the amount of hydrocarbons per km that cars do
wMlE TIL that Cheech Marin beat both Anderson Cooper (Yale graduate) and Aisha Tyler (Dartmouth graduate) at Celebrity Jeopardy.