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TIL that in China, companies use stamp chops instead of signatures, and whoever is in physical possession of the stamp can legally sign any document for the company, even rewriting their own employment contract

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4klN TIL that in Mandarin, “Cat” is pronounced “Mao” in a a high tone.
41DJ TIL: A study by the Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine using a randomized double-blind trial with sensory evaluation using discrimination testing found that freezing raw fish did not ruin sushi’s taste.
p5KA TIL Mao Zedong killed 4.5x more people than Hitler did
YpNQr TIL That the concept of "Lemmings following one another over a cliff", was a false claim when it was discovered that a Disney nature show forced hundreds of lemmings off a cliff just for the film footage.
DQN5g TIL the worlds oldest and still operational company is Kongō Gumi. A Japanese construction company that was founded 1,446 years ago.