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TIL that in Greek mythology Chaos was the origin of everything

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GAY1J TIL that no Prime Minister in the 75 year history of Pakistan has completed their full term of 5 years in office.
kQ41 TIL Battle of Pelusium (525 BC) Persian soldiers used cats as shields as Egyptian religion forbade harm towards cats.
akeo TIL - Russian Crimean War debt was so large that Alexander II, realizing the difficulty of defending Alaska, decided to sell it to the United States, in 1867
m1EkE TIL "3 nm" or "5 nm" chips are meaningless marketing terms, just like "BMW i5"; these terms have nothing to do with any dimension that you can find on the die. For example, TSMC's 3 nm process has a gate pitch of 48 nm!
oBlAL TIL there is an adult Asian elephant with dwarfism living wild in Sri Lanka. Standing around 50% of normal adult size, it is not the result of intentional breeding. It is thought to be the only case of its kind.