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Textile industry in Bangladesh
The textile industry in Bangladesh, centered on ready-made garments, is the world's second-largest garment exporter after China, earning about $38 billion and employing roughly 4 million workers, mostly women.
Textile industry in India
The textile industry in India, one of the country's oldest manufacturing sectors, spans fibre to garments, employs over 45 million directly, contributes about 2% of GDP, and is the world's sixth-largest textile exporter with a USD 100 billion export target by 2030.
Textile manufacturing
Textile manufacturing converts raw natural or synthetic fiber into yarn, fabric, and finished goods through spinning, weaving or knitting, dyeing, and finishing; a major global employer and a source of 5-10% of greenhouse gas emissions.
Textile study collections and swatch libraries
A textile study collection, or swatch library, is an archive of fabric samples and sample books assembled for research, reference, or commercial design use rather than public exhibition.
Textured vegetable protein
Textured vegetable protein (TVP, also TSP or textured plant protein), a dehydrated extruded ingredient from defatted soy flour (also lentils, peas, faba beans), invented by ADM in the 1960s, approved for US school lunches in 1971, used as meat extender or meat analogue.
TGI Fridays
TGI Fridays, the American casual dining bar and grill chain founded by Alan Stillman in New York in 1965, peaked at 601 U.S. restaurants in 2008, entered Chapter 11 in November 2024, and now operates under Sugarloaf ownership with a 2030 turnaround plan.
Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย)
Thai cuisine, also known as Thai food or ahan Thai, is the national cuisine of Thailand, balancing spicy, sweet, sour, and salty flavors in four regional cuisines: Central, North, Northeast (Isaan), and South.
Thai curry
Thai curry (แกง, kaeng) is a Thai cuisine dish built from curry paste, coconut milk or water, and meat, seafood, or vegetables. Known types include gaeng phet, gaeng keow wan, panang, and massaman; pastes date to the Sukhothai period.
Thai tea (ชาไทย)
Thai tea (ชาไทย, cha yen) is a sweet orange-colored Thai milk tea of strongly brewed black tea with condensed and evaporated milk, often dyed with Sunset Yellow FCF; ChaTraMue (since 1945) leads the market, and TasteAtlas ranks it among the world's top 10 non-alcoholic drinks.
Thaler
Thaler (taler): large silver coin first minted 1519 at Joachimsthal, Bohemia, from Joachimsthaler; predecessor guldiner 1486. Basis of the Maria Theresa thaler and the dollar.
Thali (थाली)
Thali (थाली), the Indian round platter and set-meal format of katoris with dal, bread, rice, curd and regional dishes; from Vedic sthali to Karnataka-invented restaurant thalis and Thalinomics pricing.
Thanaka (သနပ်ခါး)
Thanaka (သနပ်ခါး) is a yellowish-white cosmetic paste ground from thanaka tree bark, worn on the face in Myanmar for over a millennium as skincare and sun protection.
Thanksgiving (United States)
Thanksgiving, also called American Thanksgiving, is a national holiday in the United States held on the fourth Thursday of November, centered on a shared meal and gratitude.
Thanksgiving Address
The Thanksgiving Address, in Mohawk Ohén:ton Karihwatéhkwen, is the ceremonial speech with which the Haudenosaunee open and close gatherings, greeting and thanking the natural world and the Creator.
Tharina Botes
Tharina Botes (ทารีน่า โบเทส), nicknamed Khanom, is a Thai-South African model and pageant titleholder, Miss Thailand World 2023 and Miss Universe Thailand 2026, set to compete at Miss Universe 2026 in Puerto Rico.
Thawb (ثَوْب)
Thawb (ثوب), also dishdasha or kandura, is the ankle-length robe worn by Arab men, typically white and single-piece, and an embroidered women's dress in Palestine, Sinai, and the Gulf; official dress in Gulf states with regional cut variations.
The 5am Club
The 5am Club, Robin Sharma's 2018 self-help book, prescribes waking at 5 a.m. for a 20/20/20 hour of exercise, reflection, and learning over 66 days; critics question its neuroscience and fixed wake time.
The Abbey (bar)
The Abbey Food & Bar, West Hollywood gay bar, restaurant and nightclub founded by David Cooley in 1991 as a coffeehouse; sold in 2023-2024 to Tristan Schukraft; distinct from Abbey bars in Edinburgh, Philadelphia, Manchester, and Donegal.
The Blind Beggar
The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel Road pub in London's East End, built 1894 by Robert Spence; former Manns Albion Brewery tap, home of the first modern brown ale, linked to William Booth's 1865 sermon and Ronnie Kray's 1966 murder of George Cornell.
The California Raisins
The California Raisins are a fictional claymation rhythm-and-blues band created in 1986 to advertise California raisins, best known for singing "I Heard It Through the Grapevine."
The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory: American upscale casual dining chain founded by the Overton family, bakery 1972, first restaurant Beverly Hills 1978; NASDAQ CAKE, 368 company-owned restaurants, 250+ item scratch menu, 30+ cheesecakes.
The Chew
The Chew was an ABC daytime talk show (September 26, 2011 to June 15, 2018) hosted by Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, and Daphne Oz, replacing All My Children and later succeeded by a third hour of Good Morning America.
The Chicken Connoisseur
The Chicken Connoisseur is Elijah Quashie of Tottenham, London, whose YouTube series The Pengest Munch rates chicken shops' wings, fries, and burgers out of five; viral December 2016, then a book deal and the Channel 4 show Peng Life.
The Co-operative Group
The Co-operative Group (Co-op) is a British consumer-owned co-operative, roots 1844 and CWS 1863, formed by the 2000 CWS-CRS merger. It runs 2,300+ stores, supplies 5,600+ locations, and had £11bn revenue in 2025 despite a £107m cyber-attack impact.
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) is an American specialty coffee and tea chain founded in 1963 by Herbert Hyman in Southern California, inventor of the Ice Blended drink, now 80% owned by Jollibee Foods with about 1,200 cafes in 24 markets and its global headquarters in Singapore.
The Delectable Negro
The Delectable Negro is Vincent Woodard's 2014 NYU Press study of cannibalism, hunger, and homoeroticism in US slave culture, published posthumously and winner of the 2015 Lambda Literary LGBT Studies Award.
The Eagle and Child
The Eagle and Child ("Bird and Baby") is a Grade II listed pub at 49 St Giles', Oxford, where the Inklings, including Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, met. Closed since 2020, it was bought by the Ellison Institute of Technology in 2023 and is being restored by Foster + Partners for a planned 2027 reopening.
The Famous Grouse
The Famous Grouse is a blended Scotch whisky brand created by Matthew Gloag & Son in Perth in the 1890s, Scotland's best-selling whisky since 1980, sold by Edrington to William Grant & Sons in July 2025.
The Fat Duck
The Fat Duck is Heston Blumenthal's three-Michelin-star restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, opened 16 August 1995 in a former pub. Known for multi-sensory molecular gastronomy, triple-cooked chips, and 2005 World's Best Restaurant recognition.
The Final Table
The Final Table is a 10-episode Netflix cooking competition that premiered November 20, 2018, hosted by Andrew Knowlton, in which 24 chefs in 12 teams cook dishes from nine countries for a panel of nine celebrity chefs; Timothy Hollingsworth won. Distinct from the JTBC drama Final Table.