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TIL that Texas Instruments has gone back and forth on how their calculators handle implicit multiplication with ambiguous notation, e.g. 8÷2(2+2). Different products will give different answers.

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W7N0o TIL I learned that the US bombing of Cambodia in the 1970s was requested / approved by the Cambodian government
rRgjW TIL how those Banner Airplanes work. They don't land with the banner, instead they drop them off to a crew standing by and They don't take-off with the banner but have a hook to grab it with mid-air.
VB7b4 TIL A Chinese zoo admitted its “pandas” are actually dyed Chow Chow dogs. Videos from Taizhou Zoo revealed wagging tails, sparking backlash for misleading visitors and harming animals. The zoo defended it, claiming dyeing dogs is no different than people dyeing their hair.
XEwAE TIL that in 1948, one of the deadliest earthquakes of all time occurred in The Soviet Union, killing 110,000 people; two thirds of an entire cities population
1axpP TIL about "coffin birth", which is the birth of a fetus after the death of the mother. A well known example of this is the murder of Lacy Peterson, who was pregnant at the time of her murder. However, when found, mother and child were separate, the fetus having been "born" after Lacy's death.