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TIL Slovenia has a real-time public portal called "Supervizor" that displays every transaction by public bodies, showing the contracting parties, amounts, legal entities, and purposes, allowing citizens to track government spending as it happens.

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Qvbd TIL the word “wizard” comes from “wise”. “Wise” comes from the ancient word “weid” meaning “to see”. A wizard is one who sees.
wLVOP TIL scientists have begun using the soot on feathers of birds in museum collections to track changes in air pollution over the last century. The specimens yield very precise data on black carbon levels.
AN0Zg TIL the chain locker on a ship is one of the most dangerous rooms for a person. The oxidizing metal can drop oxygen to lower than 6%. Normal air contains 21% oxygen
rRpxo TIL a group of young male elephants were rejected by the local females at a new reserve. The young males then accidentally killed 17 rhinos by trying to have sex with them. When parents were brought in this stopped immediately.
Lbdr TIL the Manchineel Tree, known as the “beach apple”, is very poisonous. Its bark and leaves are coated with poison, if you burn it the smoke can cause blindness, standing under it during rain can cause blisters as water rolls off the poison-coated leaves, and eating its fruit can cause death.