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TIL that nearly 25% of the world's population is Muslim

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R5pb7 TIL that some orb weaver spiders stitch a zipper pattern in their webs so birds and larger creatures don’t pass through and wreck them.
LQWmd TIL that, since 2009, Alaskan finishers of the Iditarod race can get a custom license plate
kV81 TIL there is a Laser-Tag Bar, with realistic weapons M4 style with Co2 cartridges inside that provide recoil. Multiple scenarios including zombies. Plus you can drink as much as you want beforehand
6Q88 TIL that Garret Morgan, the son of former slaves with only an elementary school education, invented a belt fastener for sewing machines, the first human hair straightening solution, an early form of the gas mask (used in WWI), and traffic signal technology (which he sold to GE for $40K in 1923).
loZE5 TIL the Ivanpah solar plant in the deserts of California released 68,676 metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2015