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TIL In Norway they publish their citizen’s annual tax returns online. If you accesses someone’s tax return, that person will receive a notification that someone’s checking on him.

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LlLp TIL NASA plans to lasso an asteroid and drag it to the moon for astronauts to walk on.
9YA5Q TIL The Chinese government may have killed up to 10,454 of its own citizens during the Tianamen Square protests of 1989
pGDO TIL actress Tallulah Bankhead was infamous for not wearing underwear. During the filming of Lifeboat, the crew complained about her flashing them when she had to climb a ladder. Director Alfred Hitchcock reportedly quipped that he didn’t know if it was a matter for wardrobe or hairdressing.
woe5M TIL During the world war II, German saboteurs operating against Britain, designed chocolate bar bombs that were intended to be smuggled into Britain with the purpose of assassination.
6mLY TIL that due to wasabi’s high cost, most ‘wasabi’ is actually mixture of horseradish, mustard, starch and green food coloring.