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TIL that under the Taliban’s rule, Afghan Sikhs were forced to wear yellow patches on their clothing to identify them.

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ne847 TIL that if a sick person needs a transfusion of healthy gut bacteria, the only existing and most effective way is a stool transplant.
4kKg TIL that shrimp/prawns caught off the coast of Britain are sent to China to be hand-shelled and are then sent back to Britain to be sold.
BWXD TIL There’s a mushroom that grows in the wild and tastes like fried chicken. It’s name is Laetiporus.
Awwn TIL The size of the human genome is 3.2GB. The smallest known vertebrate genome is that of puffer fish (390MB), the largest is that of the lungfish (130GB).
DQWY TIL October 1 marks the start of sake brewing season in Japan and is designated International Sake Day.