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TIL that x86-based chips are slower and more wasteful in energy than their ARM counterparts, but Intel's dominance in PCs meant ARM chips never took off in that market. However, their advantages allowed them to dominate the nascent smartphone market.

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Ld5V TIL that as a consequence of HIV/AIDS, life expectancy in Swaziland has fallen from 61 years in 2000 to 32 years in 2009.
nVp7 TIL the Godzilla used in the 1998 reboot is no longer recognized as Godzilla, and is instead referred as a different monster, known as “Zilla”.
xrO5 TIL wildlife researchers around the world have caught deer on film eating birds, in some cases “actually eating living baby birds right out of the nests”
16rR8 TIL that luffa / loofah are a vegetable that belong to the gourd family!
J1PA1 TIL the pan flute originated from Ancient Greece, and according to the mythology, the god, ‘Pæn’ or known in modern day as ‘Pan’ wove it out of river weeds, as his love interest transformed/ was transformed into one. The flute is also known as a ‘syrinx’, which was his interests’ name.