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TIL Pakistan sends transgender tax collectors to embarrass those who evade taxes.

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4XpRa TIL 2 rats will stop playing with each other if the bigger one doesn't let the smaller one win at least 30% of the time
na8G TIL that in the 1960s Nintendo manufactured a toy called Ultra Hand. made of criss-crossed plastic elements that enabled its user to pick up objects. It was very successful and helped save Nintendo from serious financial difficulties. Its inventor went on to create the Game Boy.
Dpjj TIL that Bill Nye the Science Guy was the technical expert on the television show BattleBots.
7rx8p TIL that the Mantis Shrimp has one of the best eyesights in the animal kingdom. It’s hexnocular vision is so powerful that it sees six images at once, sees in 12 colors, and can polarize its own light. Scientists are now modeling its capabilities to detect cancer and internal injuries in humans.
0wPp1 TIL In China, Santa Claus is often depicted with a saxophone and no-one seems to know why