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TIL about a tattooed biker gang called Rescue Ink, who travel around rescuing neglected and abused animals and taking them to no-kill shelters/rehabilitation centres.

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l77QN TIL the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) was invented by British retailer W H Smiths because they were moving to a computerized warehouse in 1967. It was approved as a ISO standard in 1970.
LQ1A0 TIL about the Bagheera kiplingi the only mostly herbivorous spider that we know of, It feeds on the nectar of swollen-thorn acacias which the plant makes in a symbiotic relationship with Pseudomyrmex ants
gMOKA TIL In 1906, A Congolese man called Ota Benga from a Mbuti pygmy tribe was held in a human zoo exhibition in Bronx, as a display of "earlier stage" of human evolution. In 1916, after getting out and unable to return to his homeland, he shot himself in the heart with a stolen pistol and died at 32.
j51p TIL A Finnish food company was forced to rebrand its line of meatballs, as they did not contain enough meat. They are now known simply as ‘balls’.
neyoG TIL That Metallica Garage Inc generates so much in royalties that it became a de-facto pension plan for the artists covered