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98xQ TIL that newly built British homes are the smallest in Europe and less than half the size of American homes.
A6Xw TIL There are Apple stores in China that are completely counterfeit
LQwkd TIL badminton was originally called "Poona" after the Indian city where British officers modified ancient battledore in the 1860s, but was renamed after the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton House in Gloucestershire
wLWj6 TIL the word "moxie," as in "wow, you got moxie!!" comes from the name of a soda that was patented around 1876 as a supposed "nerve medicine" called "Moxie Nerve Food"
4yxN TIL that a 2012 paper found evidence of systematic electronic vote rigging in the 2008 US General Election and 2012 Republican Primaries