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TIL that almost 90% of "Indian" restaurants in the UK are actually Bangladeshi

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aDRb TIL: ABC News went undercover in the Better Business Bureau, and registered the terror group, “Hamas” as a business, paid them $425 for an A- rating.
n1rd TIL: Shuttlecocks, the projectiles used in Badminton, are made from feathers taken from only the left wing of a bird; this ensures they rotate counter-clockwise.
78g9X TIL the Harry Potter series is the best-selling book series of all-time with 600 million copies sold globally between the seven books.
OkvR TIL horseshoe crabs’ blood does not contain hemoglobin. Instead, it contains hemocyanin, giving it a blue color. It also contains immune cells called amebocytes, which are used in medicine to detect bacterial endotoxins.
J1l6l TIL that the 400m world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk is the one and only sprinter in history to have run sub-10, sub-20, sub-31 and sub-44 at 100m, 200m, 300m and 400m respectively.