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TIL taxi drivers in Cuba make 40 times more than doctors do

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GEg1 TIL the Japanese are working on developing technology to transmit electricity wirelessly. Their goal is to transmit energy from orbiting solar panels to Earth by 2030. They have successfully transmitted 10 kW of energy 500 meters away.
p60e TIL that the US government paid an average of $1.8 million to the families of the victims of 9/11
4pWR TIL: As to not betray the Hippocratic oath, doctors (also nurses, etc.) are prohibited from administering lethal injections used for capital punishment. The task is left to under trained and unqualified orderlies and technicians, resulting in slip-ups which may lead to extreme pain to the inmate.
0wwYM TIL that the Australian coat of arms uses the kangaroo and emu, the 2 native animals that physically can’t move backwards
aYLb TIL that before the French coined the term, “camouflage,” the British during WW1 called it “Dazzle-painting”.