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TIL that every receipt at every store in Taiwan is a ticket for a government lottery with top prizes worth over 300,000 USD. It was introduced in 1951 to combat sales tax dodging by businesses.

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kOl4e TIL that an underground beer pipeline had been built in 2017 for the Wacken Open Air (WOA) hard rock festival, in northern Germany. The pipeline was 7 km long.
rRlmd TIL that nearly 100 people in Germany die annually while masturbating, and that forensic examiners estimate one to two people per million are killed each year globally.
nWxEb TIL that lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
9dlX TIL Ed O'Neil (Married with Children, Modern Family) has trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for 22 years & received his black belt in 2007 from Rorion Gracie.
a8NwL TIL in 2011, John Riccitiello, who was the CEO of EA at the time and is now the CEO of Unity, proposed a model for online multiplayer shooters like Battlefield. In this model, players who ran out of ammo could make an instant real money payment for a quick reload.