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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.

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QJMEk TIL that after North Korea captured a group of Navy officers, the officers raised their middle finger, telling their captors it was a “Hawaiian good luck sign.”
v1lJ4 TIL of gyotaku, the Japanese art of “fish-printing” where actual fish are prepped and painted with ink, then pressed on to paper. It originated as a way for fishermen to record their catches and is still practised today.
4Xwa TIL a man marooned himself on a remote island and after many years was persuaded to come back to Europe and meet the Pope who granted him one wish which ended up being to go back to the island for the rest of his life
X04lj TIL that the first car to achieve a land speed record of 62mph, (100kph), was a Belgian designed electric vehicle in 1899.
Vy80 TIL the founder of Domino’s Pizza met his wife while delivering pizza. On Valentine’s Day after their second date, he gave her a heart-shaped pizza.