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TIL Denmark charges a tax of 180% on all new car purchases. They also charge $2,000 for a drivers license.

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9ngm TIL the Khmer Rouge killed ~25% of Cambodia’s populace by making everyone work 12 hours daily on farms. Intellectuals were killed. Schools, religion, freedom to travel, money, factories, & hospitals were eliminated. The K.R. exerted control by limiting married couples’ visits & scattering families.
m1NER TIL of the longest tail-back in history — cars moved at 2 miles per day
d8Jmj TIL that the average workweek for a manufacturing employee in the 1890s was 100 hours. The five day, 40-hour workweek didn't become standard until 1940 thanks to the passing of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which required employers to pay overtime to anyone working more than 40 hours.
W74P9 TIL that only 48.5% of adults reported reading at least one book in the past year, down from 52.7% five years earlier and 54.6% ten years prior.
xygB TIL Tuition rates have risen by 1,120% since the 1970s, & student loan debt is now approaching $1.2 trillion.