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classic33

Leg End Member
Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

In the 1970s, Ali Ahmed Aslam, who owned the Shish Mahal restaurant, created a sauce from condensed tomato soup and spices after a customer complained his chicken was too dry. This evolved into the nation's favourite dish.
 

Chris S

Legendary Member
Location
Birmingham
Baltis were inveted in Birmingham. 'Balti' in Urdu just means 'bucket'.
 

Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
Midlands
Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow.

In the 1970s, Ali Ahmed Aslam, who owned the Shish Mahal restaurant, created a sauce from condensed tomato soup and spices after a customer complained his chicken was too dry. This evolved into the nation's favourite dish.
That is just one of the many claims of its origin.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Scotland is well renowned for its whisky but what few people know is that whisky was invented in China and first distilled by monks in Ireland in the early 15th century before reaching Scotland 100 years later.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Lightning Struck and Killed an Entire Soccer Team But Left the Opposing Team Untouched

On October 28, 1998, a freak blast of lightning struck dead an entire soccer team in the African state of Congo during a match, while their opponents were left entirely unharmed. All 11 team members, aged between 20 and 35 years old, lost their lives, while members of the home team were untouched.

Many fans blamed witchcraft for the bizarre incident because, incidentally, the score was tied at the time of the deadly lightning strike.
 
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classic33

Leg End Member
According to the World Heritage Encyclopedia, in the 1800s, the British-born James Milne Wilson, who later became the eighth premier of Tasmania, “was born on a leap day and died on a leap day.” Wilson died on February 29th, 1880, on his “17th” birthday, or aged 68 in regular years.

Maybe that’s not that crazy though, since you are more likely to die on your birthday.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
There are more captive tigers in the US than there are wild tigers in the rest of the world.
That's really sad, if it is true!
 
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