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TIL that the most advanced semiconductors (as of 2023) are manufactured by precisely shooting a beam of plasma at a droplet of (molten) tin, creating an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) beam necessary to manufacture a 5nm transistor.

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Lk8pP TIL that Ireland has the oldest average age at first marriage of any country. The average Irish citizen gets married for the first time at age 35.
ZJ8Q TIL In the late 90s, Saddam Hussein commissioned a Quran to be written in his own blood. Now, Muslim leaders aren’t sure what to do with it–To write the Quran in blood was a sin, but to destroy it would also be a sin.
69GNQ TIL there is a Leg Lengthening Surgery. First your legs are broken and screws inserted. Then your body forms new bone, ligament and arteries to fill the space.
rR91M TIL there were eleven murdered prostitutes in Whitechapel at the time of Jack the Ripper but only five of these are thought to be victims of the infamous serial killer
E15w TIL in 1962 Neil Armstrong’s parents appeared on the TV show “I’ve Got A Secret”. Host Gary Moore asked, “…if it turns out that your son is the first man to land on the moon, how would you feel?”