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d8AVE TIL that the US Navy technically has 19 aircraft carriers but only counts 11
7ybX TIL that India has the world’s largest backlog of court cases with over 30 million people awaiting justice, and it will take the Indian government approximately 466 years to clear the backlog of 30 million pending cases.
jEev TIL that in an effort to reduce widespread tax evasion, the Chinese government incorporated a scratch-off lottery into the state-run receipt system, encouraging consumers to demand a receipt and thus preventing businesses from under-reporting income. It was successful.