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TIL that electrical devices have something called a „Sabbath mode“ which exists to restrict functions of said devices to be used, as energy/fire usage to cook is prohibited during the sabbath

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0dN6L TIL Interstate 19 running between Tucson and Nogales is the only freeway in the US with distances labeled exclusively in kilometers.
XEDJj TIL: Warren Buffett, the 3rd richest man in the world with a net worth of $87.6 billion, has refused to increase his $100,000 salary as CEO for the past 25 years.
wojxW TIL that unicode contains alchemical symbols (🜁🜂🜃🜄 and 104 more) because Indiana University needed to publish Isaac Newton's alchemical works online and pursued the Unicode foundation to add the symbols to assist it and other researchers working with historical and modern alchemical works
a8gMZ TIL in Sept 2023 a grand jury indicted Duane Davis for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. He allegedly planned and ordered the hit in retaliation for his late nephew, Orlando Anderson, being beaten in a casino earlier that night. He's reportedly the last surviving participant of Shakur's murder.
dwO8 TIL Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine could not be patented - on TV Salk claimed that he made the decision on moral grounds, but did not mention that his lawyers looked into patenting his polio vaccine, but determined it “could not be patented because of prior art”