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TIL Lockheed Skunk works produced the first pair of working stealth aircraft despite not even being invited to compete. Everybody else besides Northrop failed or gave up, but Lockheed managed to build a pair of working stealth aircraft for only $35 million by using leftover parts from other programs

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J1KKl 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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