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TIL "Universal Binaries" for Darwin work on both Apple M1/2/3 chips and Intel chips

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ep595 TIL that, despite being responsible for the deaths of many soldiers that resisted his conquest, Alexander the Great strongly advocated for the concept of and spread of Homonoia- a union of hearts to attempt to unify his massive, diverse empire.
jN57X TIL Scientists in China have successfully grown tooth enamel which paves the way to replace fillings & crowns. A chemical mixture applied to whole human teeth created an enamel layer 2.7 micrometers thick within 48 hours. (Calcium & phosphate ions with triethylamine in alcohol).
yVMeJ TIL that Shelley wrote Ozymandias as part of a contest between himself and Horace Smith. Smith's poem is far less remembered.
0w6Ev TIL of Norman Morrison, who was a Quaker that set himself on fire under Robert McNamaras office in the pentagon. He was protesting the innocent lives that were being taken in Vietnam at the time. The city Da Nang has road named after Morrison in memory of his acts against the US-Vietnam conflict.
xxEw TIL SNL’s Vanessa Bayer was a Make A Wish kid. She was diagnosed with leukemia as a child and her father’s humor about her diagnosis inspired her to go into comedy