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

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9Ybrm TIL in order to get their muscle and pony cars into a lower drag racing class, several manufacturers stated a lower horsepower rating than the real one. For example, Ford stated a 335 HP rating for the 428 Cobra Jet Mustang, while the actual one was about 410 HP.
p8Pr4 TIL that Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system, has such a gradual slope that someone standing at the base couldn't see the summit because it's beyond the horizon.
rRwR4 TIL Pakistan is planning on building an amusement park on the site of Osama Bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad where he was killed by Navy SEALS in 2011. It will include a zoo, restaurants, water sports, miniature golf as well as rock climbing and paragliding.
yWQe TIL In 1910, Marseilles, France was using UV light to disinfect their water.
b7g7 TIL - When one is named after a dead person, it is called a necronym.